World champion in athletics Sergey Shubenkov believes that the suspension of Russian athletes will not be lifted until the end of the NWO. World Athletics extended the suspension on March 23 and restored the membership of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA) The International Olympic Committee recommended that international federations allow Russians who do not support theNWO to start as neutral athletes.

At the same time, the organization proposes not to allow athletes associated with the armed forces and security agencies to compete.