The Russian president claimed that sports authorities have permitted the use of the movement as a political tool Russian President Vladimir Putin told an athletics forum on Thursday that the Olympic movement is now a far cry from the ideals of its modern reinventors, with politics trumping sportsmanship and athletes suffering discrimination due to their…

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JMC and Avtotor have agreed to phase in full-cycle production at the assembly line in Kaliningrad  The Avtotor plant in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad has begun manufacturing Chinese commercial JMC vehicles, the company announced on Wednesday.