China is Russia's best hope to blunt sanctions, but wary
China is the only friend that might help Russia blunt the impact of economic sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but President Xi Jinpingโs government is giving no sign it might be willing to risk its own access to U.S. and European markets by doing too much.
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Russia's reputation, Olympic status on trial for doping
(Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)GENEVA โ Russiaโs status as an Olympic team, and its reputation as a serial cheater in international sports, goes on trial next week in more legal fallout from the country's state-backed doping saga. WADA would let Russian athletes compete only if not implicated in doping or cover-ups. WADA says details of doping tests and emails were deleted or changed, and false trails created to frame whistleblowers. The International Olympic Committee refused WADAโs request to ban Russia outright from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. RUSADA rejected WADAโs proposed punishment, and Russian Olympic officials later fired the RUSADA chief executive who acknowledged the wrongdoing.