Vladimir Putin stripped of black belt over Ukraine invasion

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been stripped of his honorary taekwondo black belt over his nation’s invasion of Ukraine, a private rebuke heaped on prime of worldwide financial and sporting sanctions.

World Taekwondo, citing its motto of “Peace is More Precious than Triumph,” condemned the Russian navy motion in Ukraine, saying the “brutal attacks on innocent lives” violated the game’s values of respect and tolerance.

World Taekwondo strongly condemns the brutal assaults on harmless lives in Ukraine, which go in opposition to the World Taekwondo imaginative and prescient of “Peace is More Precious than Triumph” and the World Taekwondo values of respect and tolerance.#PeaceIsMorePreciousThanTriumphhttps://t.co/nVTdxDdl2I

— World Taekwondo (@worldtaekwondo) February 28, 2022

“In this regard, World Taekwondo has decided to withdraw the honorary 9th dan black belt conferred to Mr. Vladimir Putin in November 2013,” the governing physique stated in an announcement.

It added that it might be part of the International Olympic Committee in banning the Russian flag and anthem at its occasions.

The resolution comes after the International Judo Federation stated on Sunday it might droop Putin’s standing as honorary president and ambassador “in light of the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine”.

Other sporting group equivalent to FIFA and UEFA have suspended Russian nationwide groups and golf equipment from competitors.

Putin has demonstrated succesful method whereas showing in martial arts uniforms, projecting a picture of energy as he has in different rigorously staged occasions equivalent to these of him using bare-chested on a horse or enjoying ice hockey.

Russian forces bombarded Ukraine’s second largest metropolis, Kharkiv, on Monday, drawing new sanctions from the United States and its allies as a part of the worldwide isolation of Russia.

Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a “special operation” that it says will not be designed to occupy territory however to destroy its southern neighbour’s navy capabilities and seize what it regards as harmful nationalists.