Putin, Friendship Games and Russia

Russian President Putin shelves 'World Friendship Games' meant to rival Olympics
Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed the World Friendship Games, which were originally scheduled for this year, to an unspecified date in 2025. The International Olympic Committee had criticized the event as a political move in response to Russia being banned from the Paris Olympics due to its Ukraine offensive.
Putin drops plan for 'Friendship Games' to rival Olympics
Russia announced last year that it planned to relaunch the competition first staged in 1984 as a Soviet-led alternative to the Los Angeles Olympics, which the USSR had boycotted in retaliation for a U.
Russia postpones World Friendship Games 'until a special decision' by Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed the World Friendship Games indefinitely. The games, originally scheduled for September 2023 in
Putin postpones Russia's alternative to Olympics "until special decision"
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has signed a decree delaying the so-called World Friendship Games, initially scheduled for 2024. Source: Russian outlet Meduza, citing the official legal information portal Details: The decree states that the games are postponed "until a special decision" by Putin.
Putin Shelves 'World Friendship Games' Meant To Rival Olympics: Decree
Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed until further notice the World Friendship Games, seen as Moscow's alternative to the Olympic Games and originally meant to take pace this year, according to a Kremlin decree published Monday.
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