{"id":3795,"date":"2022-03-14T08:42:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T08:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsgarc.uk\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2022-03-14T08:42:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T08:42:42","slug":"rsgb-statement-the-russian-federation-and-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsgarc.uk\/?p=3795","title":{"rendered":"RSGB statement: the Russian Federation and Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"post-title single\">\u00a0<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta single\"><span class=\"meta-author\"><a title=\"Posts by GB2RS News Team\" href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/author\/carolmeredith\/\" rel=\"author\">GB2RS News Team<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"meta-date\">March 4, 2022<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The normal stance of amateur radio is that it is apolitical. However, it is clear that recent actions by the Russian Federation and their military have crossed a line and the RSGB cannot in this instance remain neutral.<\/p>\n<p>The policy of the RSGB is that we will follow the actions of the mainstream sporting bodies with regard to all activities of a competitive nature such as contests and ARDF. Russian and Belarusian radio amateurs are therefore currently ineligible to participate in any event that is organised\/sponsored by the RSGB.<\/p>\n<p>The policy of the RSGB in commercial activities is that we will refrain from trade with Russia and Belarus until further notice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RSGB Board<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>For RSGB Contests, until further notice, all logs received from stations in the Russian Federation or Belarus will be treated as check logs.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p class=\"cats\"><strong>Category<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/category\/front-page-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Front Page News<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/category\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/\" rel=\"category tag\">GB2RS Headlines<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/category\/news\/rsgb-notices\/\" rel=\"category tag\">RSGB Notices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"GB2RS News Team | March 4, 2022 The normal stance of amateur radio is that it is apolitical. 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