International Sports Diplomacy in the Context of Modern Sanctions

The paper provides for the main results of a study of the fundamental legal and organizational approaches to the development and improvement of international sports diplomacy tools in modern conditions of the adverse impact of international sports sanctions imposed on Russia, as well as not the most positive impact on China, a strategic partner of our country. In the course of the study, the author determined the main mechanisms of legal support for sports diplomacy, implemented in the international arena, primarily in the format of the UN Millennium Development Goals, realizing the possibilities of using sports as the main tool to promote the achievement of such goals, including integration of sports and physical activity in international and domestic development strategies and plans implemented by member States of the universal organization. Based on the experience of a number of industrially developed countries of the world, the paper highlights the most efficient approaches to the legal regulation of sports diplomacy methods. It is determined that the methodology of legal implementation of the DPA implemented by Russia and China largely coincides, but requires its own development and the introduction of innovative methods of legal regulation in this area. The paper analyzes the main shortcomings of the legal regulation of refereeing issues in relation to Russian and Chinese athletes at major Olympic-level sports events and elucidates legal approaches to the issues of media support for sports events that promote Russia’s goals in the sports sphere. Proposals have been made to improve the legal regulation of DPA methods not only at the Russian national level, but also in the format of regional international organizations, primarily BRICS and SCO, which is especially important in modern conditions of the formation of a new polycentric system.

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