Should Russia be allowed to take part in the Paralympics?

Short answer….NO!

No, I feel sorry for the athletes but it just gives Putin another win situation.

No! Seemingly Putin is a great follower of sport so all the more reason not to allow participation. I hope they do a U turn over the bad decision to allow this.

No. It’s not enough to say “but they won’t be included in the medals tables”.

No. Disappointing for the athletes, but maybe other countries should boycott the games.
I think I read that there were legal reasons for not banning Russia, not sue though.

Nope.. Shame but No

NO

No

I'm very sorry for the athletes, but definitely no.

So unfair on the athletes but the games should be boycotted if
Russia is allowed to take part.

NO

Well they are.

So I think every athlete should refuse to take part if it means competing against a Russian.

No.

Whitewavemark2

Well they are.

So I think every athlete should refuse to take part if it means competing against a Russian.

Yes, I agree.

The Russian Paralympians may be blameless but someone has to make a stand if the Paralympic Committee has failed to uphold any moral values.

No. I feel sorry for the athletes, but a message has to be sent to Putin that he has turned his country into a pariah state regardless of how many of the people actually disagree with his policies.

NO!

Agree, no they shouldn't. Feel sad for the athletes but GSM has phrased it perfectly but a message has to be sent to Putin that he has turned his country into a pariah state

If Russia is taking part I'd hope the UK and other countries would boycott the games. Unfortunately I don't see that happening. There will be cries of 'it's sport not politics'

NO sport it's very low down in priorities now. They should not be included in anything whatsoever.

Def not!

No!!

No, but would the athletes understand why. No again. They have been brainwashed. They will not be allowed to speak out when they return as their families will be threatened.

I can speak of my time working in China. The people I worked with would not watch my tv news programs nor listen to how we had choice of candidates at an election. While I was there, there floods with some people not surviving, I was told that they had already been warned that the foreigners would tell lies to unbalance the government.

No. Just because they have difficulties does not mean that they don’t support Putin.

Definitely not!