IOC Refuses To Recognize Lukashenka Son As Belarus Olympic Chair
udf.byViktar Lukashenka attends a meeting in Minsk on February 26. In a statement on March 8, the IOC said that it also refused to recognize the head of Belarus’s ice hockey federation, Dzmitry Baskau, as a member of the NOC Executive Board, adding that it also decided to maintain the exclusion of the two men from all IOC events and activities, including the Olympic Games.
The Belarusian NOC was led by Alyaksandr Lukashenka from 1997 until last month. Lukashenka's son, Viktar, was named the new NOC chairman late last month after leaving the post of presidential aide on national security.