Russian bank sponsorships show Olympic values alive and well

THERE IS ALWAYS a question mark over Olympic domestic sponsorship: even supporters of London 2012 are supposed to have been leant on by politicians to sign up as their patriotic duty. So in countries where political influence has real muscle supporting your local Olympics is always going to be popular, so much so that one might expect to see signs of an ‘Olympic premium’ in deals signed.

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