A building where meetings were held, constructed in the 1950s, was eventually torn down and replaced by a building that went up ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter…
If they were any larger, it would simply be really inconvenient to use them.”Playground For Russia’s Skiing EliteLocated in the mountains east of the Black Sea, the…
After 10 years in prison, he was freed and flown out of Russia following a pardon from Putin that was widely seen as PR ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.Now based…
Peskov made no mention of that.Gravel-voiced and often well-coiffed, the Ukrainian-born Kozak rode Putin’s coattails into the Kremlin when Putin became president in 2000,…
"We are reviving the Soviet-era Intervision, yet we must account for contemporary realities," Lavrov said.He later spoke of the importance of what he called…
She said that she was "not a member of any political party nor am I allied with any leader of Russia," that she had met Putin "only a handful of…
When the cost of uniforms and training got too expensive, his father suggested he take up boxing.Usyk won Olympic gold at the London Olympics in 2012, then turned…
That oversight dovetailed with Starovoit’s yearslong ties to billionaire Arkady Rotenberg, a childhood friend of Putin.Rotenberg and his brother’s wealth stem from the…
For decades, Russia has been using sport for propaganda. 10 out of 15 Russian athletes who competed under a neutral flag at the 2024 Olympics in Paris either…
