Russia's Anastasiia Rustamova competes in the international fencing event "Friendship Cup" in the Russian city of Kazan on the Volga River on March 31. - For Russia's fencing champions, a ruling to allow them to return to international competition has meant little change for now as different European countries have cancelled their fixtures in protest. Russia today announced it will not be sending fencers to an Olympic qualifying event in Poland due to "unacceptable conditions". - Pic: AFP