Russia and Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin: Russia - Vladimir Putin says sport and politics do not mix but his actions at the Winter Olympics suggest the opposite, according to Reuters. He also found time to visit an injured Russian athlete in hospital and press the flesh with fans at the ski venues in the mountains above Sochi and By Timothy Heritage When he was not watching ice hockey in Sochi at the weekend, the Russian president was doing the diplomatic rounds, dropping in on foreign teams, sipping wine or tea with them, talking sport - and building bridges. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.