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Pre-Sports Diplomacy. Hockey broke the ice in the Cold War

... air the 1960 Squaw Valley games. Over time, the value of the televising the Winter Olympics continued to increase exponentially. In 1989 CBS paid $300 million to acquire the rights to televise the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Today, Russians, Czechs and Finns are stars in the National Hockey League (NHL). Vladislav Tretyak, one of the most admired hockey players in the history of the Soviet Union, was offered a contract by the Montreal Canadiens to play in the NHL during the Cold ...

27.06.2014

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FIFA, sports diplomacy and the Bout connection

As the Godfather of association football, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been implicated in major corruption scandals in the past. But this time with the investigation of Qatar and Russia the prize in this high stakes game could be his job. Led by Michael Garcia, the former U.S. attorney general and prosecutor who was involved in the Victor Bout affair, FIFA’s internal ethics “chamber” is finalizing its investigation ...

31.03.2014

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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)