Putin emerged victorious from an obviously losing situation - British political scientist
The exclusion of Russian athletes from participation in the Olympics was not a disaster for Russia, writes British political scientist Mark Galeotti on the Vox website. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “At first glance, this scandal should have put an extremely awkward position on the regime, which closely monitors its image in the international arena. It also allowed us to notice some confusion in the government, which did not immediately decide how to react.…