The International Olympic Committee has banned Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, following a vote on Tuesday.
However, it allows for individual Russian athletes "under strict conditions" to compete as an "Olympic Athlete from Russia [OAR]" without their national flag or anthem, according to a release from the IOC.
Russia may simply boycott the games rather than endure the humiliation of being caught in their massive cheating.
I'm not joking when I say Russia could respond by giving North Korea military aid for air defenses. I don't think the Russian rulers are quite vodka-addled enough to accelerate North Korea's nuclear problem. But who knows?
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