Luciano Rossi and Vesa Nissinen complied with the Court decision

Luciano Rossi and Vesa Nissinen complied with the Court decision.

Mr. Luciano Rossi, President of the ISSF, Federazione Italiana Tiro a Volo (FITAV), and the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation (FSSF) represented by its President Mr. Vesa Nissinen, complied with the decision of the Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main as of November 22nd, 2024.

Mr. Rossi and Mr. Nissinen have now sent letters to Mr. Alexander Ratner and the ESC Member Federations retracting and correcting the false allegations against the ESC President.

The Court decision ordered the defendants to refrain from asserting and/or disseminating that:

a) "Mr. Ratner has stepped out of line and breached his loyalty to the ISSF and his authority under the ISSF Constitution. Mr. Ratner took sides at a 'political' event and publicly supported one of the candidates";
b) "Mr. Ratner immediately resigned during the General Assembly after Mr Rossi was elected President of the ISSF and did not hand over the day-to-day running of the ISSF to the newly elected Secretary General. This is an example of very poor leadership";
c) "Under Mr. Ratner's leadership, the ESC Presidium has decided to hold the final competitions of the 3rd European Games in a format that has been abandoned and replaced by the ISSF and published in time for the European Games".

The Court decision also ordered Mr. Rossi, FITAV and the FSSF to retract the abovementioned statements vis-à-vis Mr. Ratner and all European Shooting Confederation (ESC) member federations and at the same time to correct them stating that:

a) Mr. Ratner did not breach his loyalty to the ISSF and his powers under the ISSF Statutes when presenting the presidential candidates in November 2022;
b) Mr. Ratner duly handed over the reins to the new Secretary General after Mr. Rossi was elected President;
c) Mr. Ratner had the final competitions of the 3rd European Games carried out in a correct competition format.

Letters of both, Mr. Rossi and Mr. Nissinen, can be found here.

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