Putin Shelves World Friendship Games, Russia's Alternative To Olympics
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The competition -- widely seen as Russia's response to being banned from the Paris Olympics due its Ukraine offensive -- were meant to take place in Yekaterinburg this September but in the summer postponed until an unspecified date in 2025.
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.
The competition -- widely seen as Russia's response to being banned from the Paris Olympics due its Ukraine offensive -- were meant to take place in Yekaterinburg this September but in the summer postponed until an unspecified date in 2025.
The decree Monday said that the World Friendship Games were postponed "until a special decision" by the Russian president.
