Olympic ban on Russian athletes result of political campaign - Putin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday blamed a shadowy campaign for unfairly stripping some Russian sportspeople of the right to compete at the Rio Olympics over doping allegations, hitting out at what he called short-sighted political schemers.

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