GENEVA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) confirmed Friday the ineligibility of Alexander Ratner as a candidate in the ISSF Presidential election scheduled in Rome, Italy, on December 14.
The Adjudicatory Panel of the independent ISSF Integrity Unit imposed a three-year period of ineligibility under the ISSF Integrity Code upon Ratner, who was born in Russia, on November 6.
As a direct consequence of this decision, the ISSF Electoral and Nomination Commission (ENC) has informed Ratner that he is no longer eligible to stand in the forthcoming Presidential election, ISSF announced.
The European Shooting Confederation (ESC) imposed a three-year period of ineligibility and a fine of 30,000 euros on Ratner, a member of the ISSF Council and Executive Committee, in connection with the ESC presidential elections held in Yerevan, Armenia, on October 24-25, 2025.
Ratner was found guilty of several breaches including improper influence over the electoral process and gender-based discriminatory statements made during the election period as well as undue concealment of the recordings of the election process during the subsequent investigation. ■