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What country is AIN? Explaining abbreviation for Russian figure skater at 2026 Winter Olympics
Adeliia Petrosian is competing under the AIN banner during the 2026 Winter Olympics. Here's why.
Some individual athletes from the banned countries will be permitted to participate in the Milano Cortina Winter Games
A surprise figure skater has entered medal contention in the Olympic women’s competition. And a controversial one at that. Russian Adeliia Petrosian, 18, skating as a
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.