Sport a politika sankcí: Případová studie Ruské federace před agresí na Ukrajinu v roce 2022

This bachelor thesis explores the development of sport sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation and its reaction together with the reaction of its sports organizations, ahead of the offensive on the territory of Ukraine in 2022. Using a qualitative one case study approach, the thesis applies the analytical method and process monitoring method and tries to identify whether the Russian perception of these sanctions is political. Firstly the thesis take sport and its relation to politics into account with a view on sanctions and sport sanctions in general. The case study itself analyzes sanctions and their development, imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and World Athletics (WA). In the framwork of reactions it studies Russian organizations that have been directly aimed with said sanctions. Statements of the Russian Ministry for Sports and of the Russian president are alsou accounted for, due to their leading role in Russian sports and Russia generally. The findings suggest that Russia does perceive the sanctions as political and due to other similar cases, it could be assumed that said sanctions were politicized. However, further development of these sport sanctions cannot be effectively determined due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which led to the sanctions becoming political even from a formal point of view.