Vladivostok: Russian President Vladimir Putin, asked on Tuesday about a ban on Russian athletes taking part in the 2024 Paris summer Olympics, said the Olympic movement was “degrading” and that Moscow would defend its athletes’ interests.
Putin was speaking at a forum in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok.
(Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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