Banned from Summer Olympics that were once a national obsession, Russia has prepared its response: a wave of disinformation, cyber attack threats and the staging of its own “fake Games”.
The push to retaliate against Moscow’s isolation over doping scandals and the invasion of Ukraine underlines the enduring sensitivity of the Olympic Games, which President Vladimir Putin once used as an opportunity to mark the country’s progress.
Russia recorded its biggest ever medal haul when hosting the Winter Olympics in Sochi just a decade ago, with Putin attempting to boost his reputation by releasing political prisoners and welcoming everyone “regardless of their sexual orientation”.
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