NEW YORK -- There's a push to ban Russians and Belarusians from running the New York City Marathon. The Ukrainian Running Club New York is petitioning New York Road Runners. The club's founder ...

The group drafted a petition asking the marathon's organizers, the New York Road Runners (NYRR), to ban Russian and Belarusian runners from participating in this year's event. The petition states ...

The ban on Russian clubs in European competition affected ... James Hill for The New York Times The International Skating Union, figure skating’s world governing body, barred Russian and ...

Before Russian President Vladimir Putin ignited ... Boyko, a member of New York City's Ukrainian Running Club, has been working with the local community to raise money, donations and awareness ...

In an interview with the New York Times, he questioned the U.S. commitment to defending NATO partners from Russian aggression. Then he promised to look into recognizing Russia’s invasion of Crimea.

From that point on, Russia was part of the club, and the G7 soon became the G8. Now, all these years later, it is the G7 again and Russia is nowhere to be found for this year’s meeting in ...