@dougmerritt @burger_jaap you don't think sanctions and travel bans ruin the life of innocent Russians?
Everything's a trade-off, in war innocents suffer.
Russia will use the olympics for international prestige and to appear as if they aren't a rogue state, and weaken resolve against them.
You do realise who your new president is almost certain to be right? You think normalisation of any kind helps?
It's a slippery slope too.
I am not a fan of the olympics, their fucking awful committee, their history on human rights, the fact it's always used for political reasons, etc. anyway. But I suppose by the by.