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Sportokratura - Putin's Olympic Weapon
Since 2022, PLU has been conducting a benchmark investigation - picked up by Le Monde and L'Équipe - on the sportokratura, the system by which Putin transforms Russian athletes into propagandists for his war of aggression.
PLU mobilised public opinion before the Paris 2024 Olympics, paid solemn tribute to Ukrainian athletes who fell in battle, and led a protest action on Quai Branly during the reintegration of Russian athletes into the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games.
Our work against the gradual normalisation of Russia's return to international sport continues.
Understanding what is at stake
The sportocratura
Since 2022, PLU has been conducting a benchmark investigation - picked up by Le Monde and L'Équipe - on the sportokratura, the system by which Putin transforms Russian athletes into propagandists for his war of aggression.
PLU mobilised public opinion before the Paris 2024 Olympics, paid solemn tribute to Ukrainian athletes who fell in battle, and led a protest action on Quai Branly during the reintegration of Russian athletes into the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games.
Our work against the gradual normalisation of Russia's return to international sport continues.
Pourquoi parler d'otages ?
Since 2022, PLU has been conducting a benchmark investigation - picked up by Le Monde and L'Équipe - on the sportokratura, the system by which Putin transforms Russian athletes into propagandists for his war of aggression.
PLU mobilised public opinion before the Paris 2024 Olympics, paid solemn tribute to Ukrainian athletes who fell in battle, and led a protest action on Quai Branly during the reintegration of Russian athletes into the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games.
Our work against the gradual normalisation of Russia's return to international sport continues.
Une longue continuité historique
Since 2022, PLU has been conducting a benchmark investigation - picked up by Le Monde and L'Équipe - on the sportokratura, the system by which Putin transforms Russian athletes into propagandists for his war of aggression.
PLU mobilised public opinion before the Paris 2024 Olympics, paid solemn tribute to Ukrainian athletes who fell in battle, and led a protest action on Quai Branly during the reintegration of Russian athletes into the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games.
Our work against the gradual normalisation of Russia's return to international sport continues.
Les objectifs de la campagne
Since 2022, PLU has been conducting a benchmark investigation - picked up by Le Monde and L'Équipe - on the sportokratura, the system by which Putin transforms Russian athletes into propagandists for his war of aggression.
PLU mobilised public opinion before the Paris 2024 Olympics, paid solemn tribute to Ukrainian athletes who fell in battle, and led a protest action on Quai Branly during the reintegration of Russian athletes into the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympic Games.
Our work against the gradual normalisation of Russia's return to international sport continues.
« Cette campagne est la réponse des citoyens à une question simple : que peut faire une ville face à une guerre impériale qui prend les civils pour cibles ? Elle peut donner un nom, un visage et une voix à un détenu enfermé dans le silence à deux mille kilomètres de là. Elle peut refuser l'oubli. Cent municipalités parrainant deux cents otages, c'est le commencement d'un bouclier civique européen. »
— Sylvie Rollet et Pierre Raiman, présidente et vice-président de PLU
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