Bruce Berglund
Historian and author of The Moscow Playbook, specializing in Soviet and Russian sports history and their intersection with politics and international sport governance.
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Feb 13, 2026 • 22min
Could Russia return to the Olympics?
Bruce Berglund, historian of Russia and author who studies sport as statecraft, and Georgi Konchev, Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent reporting from Milan. They discuss the IOC signaling a Russian return under its flag. They cover vetting of athletes, nationality switches, political pressure on sports bodies, money and history behind reintegration, and whether competitions suffer without Russia.
