WASHINGTON STRIKES WITH SOFT POWER
Journal: Current Digest of the Russian Press The
Year: 2016

(By Yury Tavrovsky. Nezavisimaya gazeta, Aug. 8, 2016, p.
 3. Complete text:) This summer, Russia and China suffered powerful
 American blows almost simultaneously. A chain reaction
 of [athletic] doping investigations and scandals led to the
 discrediting of Russian sports on the world stage and nearly
 resulted in the suspension of our national team from the [2016
 Summer] Olympic Games [see Current Digest, Vol. 68, No. 29, pp. 18
 - 19 and No. 30, p.
 19]. A decision of the [Permanent] Court