from the ukrainian border. but tonight the biden administration has said that russia has been adding troops. it s no surprise because russia has a reputation for not playing by the royals. that s why ronald reagan said yes and that brings us to the end of things. in 2016, the to the world that ahead of the 2014 so g olympics he helped his country run a state sanctioned doping program. he worked to hide it from international officials and help swab out tainted urine samples to ensure that none of the athletes were being blasted. dozens of russian athletes including at least 15 medal winners were part of this program which had been planned for years to ensure russian dominance at the games. the shocking revelation led to the banning of nearly 50 athletes many successfully appealed the bands, but the scandal of russia a global sports pariah. that league history is casting a long shadow on the beijing
banner of the russian olympic committee instead. but no one was fooled. russia competing, again, under a flag that s not their own for multiple doping violations and covering up a state sponsored doping program. that s not good. it feels like a farce. it feels like a joke. reporter: meanwhile, what was not a joke were the tanks at the border. olympics, soccer s world cup and many more have long proved useful to tyrants eager to polish their images. it is what humanitarians call sports washing. using the goodwill of international sports as a cover for darker realities. sports washing is incredibly effective when you have a company that operates in highly repressive and addict tatorial terms. to pass off the fiction that
Veterinarian Seth Fishman suggested federal agents wanted to wire him for sound to bring down his alleged horse-doping cronies. He declined saying “for biblical reasons,” he couldn’t do it. In March 2020, federal prosecutors unsealed indictments against Fishman and more than two dozen others in the racing industry.