MOSCOW, March 29 – RAPSI. The refusal by the Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center to hold the fifth international dancing tournament, Diamond Cup International-2012, is lawful, Gennady Alyoshin, the Co-Chairman of the Committee of National and Non-Olympic Sports, said on Wednesday.

The Dance Sport Federation of Russia earlier announced that the tournament will be held in Crocus Expo from March 30 to April 1.

But the organization has no right to hold the tournament in the mentioned period since its accreditation was suspended, Crocus Expo said.

Therefore the organization under the law has not right to organize and hold interregional, nationwide or international sports events, Alyoshin said.

The organization planned to hold several tournaments as part of Diamond Cup International–2012 which included WDSF World Open, WDSF under 21, Youth, Junior II Standard and Latin contests and so forth.