ABikerSailor
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- Aug 26, 2008
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Seems that blaming someone else is all the rage nowadays. Even Putin and the Russians are doing it. Seems that Putin thinks the reason Russian athletes were banned from the Olympics is because of some American plot in retaliation for Russia messing with our elections.
How much crazier do you think the world can get?
Putin Sees U.S. Conspiracy After Olympic Doping Ban on 4 Russians
Though the officials who announced the disciplinary decisions were Swiss and Spanish, Putin called the decisions an American attempt to undermine Russia and affect his nation’s presidential election in March. He cited a web of “connections and dependencies” within international sports.
“The controlling stake is located in the United States, because the main companies that order and pay for television rights, the main sponsors, the main advertisement buyers and so forth are located there,” he said.
“I have very serious suspicions that this is done to create the necessary environment, to incite discontent among sports fans, athletes, that the state was allegedly involved in these violations and is responsible for them,” Putin said. “In response to our alleged interference in their elections, they want to create problems during the election of the president of Russia.”
Thursday’s disciplinary decisions are among the first that I.O.C. officials have made regarding Russia’s state-sponsored doping program, which corrupted several Olympics — most notably the Sochi Games. Russia’s Federal Security Service and sports officials staged an elaborate overnight cheating operation there to enable the nation’s athletes to dope throughout competition.
How much crazier do you think the world can get?
Putin Sees U.S. Conspiracy After Olympic Doping Ban on 4 Russians
Though the officials who announced the disciplinary decisions were Swiss and Spanish, Putin called the decisions an American attempt to undermine Russia and affect his nation’s presidential election in March. He cited a web of “connections and dependencies” within international sports.
“The controlling stake is located in the United States, because the main companies that order and pay for television rights, the main sponsors, the main advertisement buyers and so forth are located there,” he said.
“I have very serious suspicions that this is done to create the necessary environment, to incite discontent among sports fans, athletes, that the state was allegedly involved in these violations and is responsible for them,” Putin said. “In response to our alleged interference in their elections, they want to create problems during the election of the president of Russia.”
Thursday’s disciplinary decisions are among the first that I.O.C. officials have made regarding Russia’s state-sponsored doping program, which corrupted several Olympics — most notably the Sochi Games. Russia’s Federal Security Service and sports officials staged an elaborate overnight cheating operation there to enable the nation’s athletes to dope throughout competition.
