Russia accuses IOC of discriminating against Russian athletes on "political" grounds

On Thursday, at the opening of the plenary session of the international sports forum "Russia - the country of sport", which is being held in perm city. Russian president Vladimir Putin accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of banning the participation of Russian athletes for political reasons...he said that if this logic is followed, Israel and some Arab countries should be excluded because of the ongoing conflict in the middle east. teleSUR