Putin slams ‘political’ moves to keep Russia out of sport events

Vladimir Putin on Thursday slammed countries who oppose reinstating Russia into international sports as several European teams said they will refuse to play them at next year’s world ice hockey championships over the Ukraine war.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Czech Republic on Tuesday all followed Finland in saying they would not play Russia at the 2027 world championships to be held in Germany.
Russia has been banned from International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) events since Putin launched the 2022 war in Ukraine, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in favour of admitting them to the world championships.
Russia has been mostly banned from international sport sinc...