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Ecclestone, Marko disagree over Putin

Mar.2 Bernie Ecclestone has risked condemnation by describing Russian president Vladimir Putin as 'straightforward and honourable'. Putin is being almost universally slammed for his incursion into Ukraine which is affecting every corner of the globe, including Formula 1. But Ecclestone, 91, defended the 69-year-old former KGB officer, with whom he conceived the current Russian GP in the resort city Sochi which has just been cancelled for 2022. 'As a person I found him very straightforward and honourable,' Ecclestone told Times Radio. 'He did exactly what he said he was going to do without any arguments.' Ecclestone criticises the Sochi axe, arguing that it is 'not going to make any...
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