Kirillova: Sochi Games scandal revealed what Putin was like even before Crimea
Five years ago this weekend, the Sochi Olympiad ended with many Russians convinced that it showed Russia had…
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FIFA said investigating Russian soccer team for doping, putting 2018 World Cup at risk
A British newspaper is reporting that FIFA, the world governing body for soccer, is now investigating all the…
“Kremlin views Trump as ‘stupid, un-strategic, and manipulable,'” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russia now at real risk of being stripped of 2018 World Cup, Trump its “last hope”
With yet another sports competition just moved out of Russia (2017 Biathlon World Cup & World Championships) and…
Putin regime was a criminal one long before Crimea the doping scandal shows
One of the most important consequences of the current doping scandal, Kseniya Kirillova says, is that it undercuts…
Moscow may preemptively boycott Rio Olympiad, Inozemtsev says
Much attention has been devoted to the possibility that the doping scandal that has engulfed Russian sports will…
Doping scandal may cost Moscow the 2018 World Cup, analysts say
If as a result of the large-scale doping scandal, the International Olympic Committee votes to prevent Russian athletes…