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  • should Russia lose F1 race if they invade Ukraine?

    From Rasputin@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sat Jan 22 12:42:18 2022
    I have heard rumblings about kicking them out of Eurovision Contest if invasion goes ahead. Both of these events are loved by dictators as
    showcases for the international audience.
    Biden should nuke Sochi if Putin starts a war.
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  • From D Munz@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sat Jan 22 08:50:19 2022
    On Friday, January 21, 2022 at 10:42:23 PM UTC-6, Rasputin wrote:
    I have heard rumblings about kicking them out of Eurovision Contest if invasion goes ahead. Both of these events are loved by dictators as showcases for the international audience.
    Biden should nuke Sochi if Putin starts a war.

    Didn't stop the inaugural GP in 2014 (following the Crimea "annexation") so I'm not sure it would now. As I recall, Bernie even sat next to Putin during the GP.

    Having said that there are different owners and an invasion would probably be a much longer and uglier event. I suspect the powers that be still want to appear neutral to work politics but an all out invasion would be hard to overlook.

    FWIW
    DLM
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