by Gregg Goldstein Amidst all the chaos and destruction since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, one important part of the picture is often overlooked: some 900,000 exiles who left Russia to avoid prison or being drafted into a war that’s created hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Thirteen athletes from Russia will compete in Italy, but they will do so without flags, anthems or a place in the medal standings.

MILAN (AP) — Anastasia Kucherova, a Russian living in Milan, voiced her opposition to Russia’s war against Ukraine with a highly symbolic, if at first anonymous, act: Carrying the Ukraine team placard during the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

The Russians would have fielded one of the most talented teams in the tournament

At least a dozen athletes will represent AIN at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Here's what it has to do with the ROC, Russia and the country's doping scandal.

Russian teams remain banned from Olympic competitions, but individual participation as "neutral" athletes is allowed under strict rules.

Russian Adeliia Petrosian, 18, skating as a neutral athlete because of the official ban of Russia from the Olympics, dazzled in the early moments of Tuesday’s short program at Milan Ice Skating Arena and finished the night in fifth place, within sight of the competitors ahead of her going into the free skate.