Not playing ball: sport sanctions will hurt Putin far more than political ones
The Russian president has long used sporting events to massage his ego and gloss over his misrule
28 February 2022 - 19:07
Whatever the outcome of Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, there is one theatre in which the Russian president is already losing: sports...
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