Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks he knows why the International Olympic Committee hasn’t yet approved Russia to compete in next year’s Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, and it doesn’t have to do with accusations that Russia maintained a widespread, state-sanctioned doping program for years. Instead, Putin said in televised comments on Oct.19, Russia’s possible exclusion is the doing of the United States.
Washington Post: Putin accuses ‘certain American bodies’ of conspiring to keep Russia out of Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during the "A Grown-up Conversation with Vladimir Putin" TV show held at the Sirius educational center for gifted children in Sochi on July 21.
