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MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Wednesday of discrediting international sport and contradicting the principles of the Olympic movement. At her weekly briefing, Zakharova also repeated her call for an inquiry into Bach’s actions. Bach was tricked into holding a conversation with Russian pranksters, published on Tuesday, in which he …

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