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Banned governing body that’s fueling outcry on Olympic boxers has Russian ties and troubled history

apnews.com Banned governing body that's fueling outcry on Olympic boxers has Russian ties and troubled history

The allegations that Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting failed an eligibility test for women's competition have been made by only the International Boxing Association.

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When all else fails - blame the Russians! Brilliant!

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Everybody and everything has Russian ties of some sort, tis a big country.

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- this is just a lazy false equivalence and ignores the evidence presented in the article.
  
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- Except, pretty much anything negative that happened in the last 15 years (especially tied to social media) if you look into it Russia always seems to be involved.
  
  I recommend reading: "Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America" by historian Timothy Snyder.
  
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  And what part of those "negative things" does not have USA involved? :)
  
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  Except, pretty much anything negative that happened in the last 15 years (especially tied to social media) if you look into it Russia always seems to be involved.
  
  Nah
  
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- Everyone and everything divisive, yes.
  
  Because russia loves sowing chaos.
  
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