“Sport is not outside politics,” the publication wrote on Dec. 8. In the case of Russia, this is a double truth. Putin uses athletes to propagandize his own terrorist regime whenever he can. Athletes help him promote and justify a bloody war around the world.” The IOC allowed athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the competition in a neutral status, setting out several requirements on Dec. 8. Ukraine’s Sports Ministry called the decision “condoning murderers.” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that the IOC had thus given Russia the green light to use the Olympics as a …