The International Olympic Committee on Thursday suspended the Russian Olympic Committee for recognising regional organisations from four territories annexed from Ukraine.
The IOC said the ROC would banned with immediate effect and would not be eligible for any funding after it recognised Olympic Councils from the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
Well, they did friendo 🙃 (they = Donbass people)
According to Russia.
So again, who exactly claims they are independent? Because the “Donbas people” (DPR/LPR) claim they are part of Russia.