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Russian Olympic athletes who participated in a rally supporting President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine are facing a backlash, with one losing a sponsorship deal and facing a disciplinary investigation.
LONDON: The owners of the Chicago Cubs, who are bidding for Premier League club Chelsea, touted their anti-racism credentials Wednesday after a backlash in England about offensive comments by the Ricketts family patriarch. It has been three years since Joe Ricketts apologized after online media outlet Splinter News published emails featuring him making Islamophobic comments, such as “Islam is a cult and not a religion.” The racist comments have gained a renewed focus during the competitive bidding contest to buy Chelsea, which has been put up for sale after Russian owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the British government over his ties to President Vladimir Putin amid the war on Ukraine.
LONDON — Russian Olympic athletes who participated in a rally supporting President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine are facing a backlash, with one losing a sponsorship deal and facing a disciplinary investigation.
Russian double Olympic champion Evgeny Rylov on Wednesday pulled out of this year's swimming world championships in Budapest in support of athletes banned from competing under the Russian flag following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
LONDON (AP) — Russian Olympic athletes who participated in a rally supporting President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine are facing a backlash, with one losing a sponsorship deal and facing a disciplinary investigation.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's president says Jerusalem could be the right place to hold peace talks with Vladimir Putin. Volodymyr Zelensky made the suggestion in a video posted on Telegram. It came after he addressed the Knesset on Sunday and compared Russia's actions in Ukraine to the "final solution", Nazi Germany's plan to exterminate Jews. He thanked Israel for its role as mediator, but called on the country to pick a side.
El mundo del deporte y el de la natación en concreto se encuentra en shock después de ver cómo uno de los grandes campeones en los pasados Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio, el nadador Evgeny Rylov, ha sido cazado en el multitudinario acto que el líder ruso Vladimir Putin celebró en el Estadio Luzhniki de Moscú para celebrar el octavo aniversario de la anexión de Crimea por parte de Rusia y en un acto de propaganda en el que Putin aprovechó para defender la invasión de Ucrania. Entre los deportistas asistentes al evento también se encontraban las hermanas Arina y Dina Averina (esta última cuádruple campeona del mundo de gimnasia rítmica) o el triple campeón en los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Pekín 2022 Alexandr Bolshunov.
The American Conservative Union senior fellow says that Vladimir Putin is attempting to punish the U.S. for their involvement with Ukraine.