Putin commented on the removal of the Russian national team from the Olympics
Vladimir Putin during a meeting with employees of the GAZ plant:
Putin said that many athletes had been preparing for these international competitions for many years, he knows “many athletes personally”, and therefore they will not take prohibitive measures against Russian athletes.
Further, the president, in essence, repeated the thesis of the press secretary Peskov, noting that “the situation must be dealt with carefully” and entrust the final decision to the Olympic Assembly.
It is unlikely that after the words of Putin, the Olympic Assembly will take a different decision on the participation of Russian athletes as "singles" - without a flag, a hymn and other attributes of the country, which made them (athletes) real masters of the sporting business.
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