{"id":1349130,"date":"2022-02-28T11:53:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1349130"},"modified":"2022-02-28T11:53:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:53:52","slug":"takedown-world-judo-federation-suspends-vladimir-putin-as-honorary-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/takedown-world-judo-federation-suspends-vladimir-putin-as-honorary-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Takedown: World Judo Federation Suspends Vladimir Putin as Honorary President"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftakedown-world-judo-federation-suspends-vladimir-putin-as-honorary-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1349130&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Vladimir Putin is still the president of Russia, for now. However, he is no longer the honorary president of the International Judo Federation (IJF).<\/p>\n<p>The IJF announced on Sunday that Putin, a black belt who not only practices Judo but co-authored a book about the martial art, was being suspended from his honorary president status due to his invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine, the International Judo Federation announces the suspension of Mr. Vladimir Putin\u2019s status as Honorary President and Ambassador of the International Judo Federation,\u201d the IJF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/sports\/putin-suspended-as-honorary-president-of-international-judo-federation-1.5797982\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-takes-part-in-a-training-session-picture-id1124904864?k=20&#038;m=1124904864&#038;s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;h=Zj0Tc36kDfvz4dvViLINOhg3FMNO_momdK5YG9h2ptc=\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a training session with members of the Russian national judo team in Sochi on February 14, 2019.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a training session with members of the Russian national judo team in Sochi on February 14, 2019. (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV\/SPUTNIK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition to their action against Putin, the IJF also canceled a Judo tournament scheduled to take place in Russia this summer.<\/p>\n<p>As the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-winter-olympics-sports-hungary-9df7e7db324ff353ff5a159cc698108d\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-57 Component-p-0-2-48\">The IJF is rare among Olympic sports bodies for using the word \u201cwar\u201d to describe Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine ordered by Putin on Thursday. Others have used phrases such as \u201cescalation of conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-57 Component-p-0-2-48\">A Kremlin-supporting oligarch and longtime friend of Putin, Arkady Rotenberg, remains on the\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ijf.org\/ijf\/organisation\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IJF executive committee<\/a>\u00a0as \u2018development manager.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-57 Component-p-0-2-48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-celebrates-tagir-khaibulaev-of-gold-picture-id149691814?k=20&#038;m=149691814&#038;s=612x612&#038;w=0&#038;h=WYcbcv7MqI2a0RZ72mtKELizWX_cgeRmIDnXGqAaArA=\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrates Tagir Khaibulaev of Russia&#039;s gold medal in the Men&#039;s -100 kg Judo on Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic...\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-57 Component-p-0-2-48\"><em>LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 AUGUST 02: Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) celebrates Tagir Khaibulaev of Russia\u2019s gold medal in the Men\u2019s -100 kg Judo on Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at ExCeL on August 2, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-57 Component-p-0-2-48\">Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has been bogged down by determined resistance, poor logistical support, weak small-unit leadership, and the shocking inability of Russia to gain total air superiority despite having a vastly superior air force. Reports circulated Sunday morning that negotiation teams from Ukraine and Russia had agreed to meet on the Ukraine-Belarussian border to attempt to bring the fighting to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir Putin is still the president of Russia, for now. However, he is no longer the honorary president of the International Judo Federation (IJF). 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