Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a training session with Russia's judo team in Sochi on January 8, 2016. Putin held a friendly fight with the team's Italian coach Ezio Gamba.

To appreciate Judo’s influence on Putin, look no further than the company he keeps. Arkady Rotenberg, who leads a bank and construction company, SMP, which has made billions from Russian ...

In this pool photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, attends a training session with the Russian national judo team at the Yug-Sport Training Center in ...

Putin’s biographers note that he started practising judo and the Soviet combat technique sambo as a teenager in St Petersburg. In a 2001 interview, he described his love of both sports: ...

The International Judo Federation said in a statement Sunday that it was suspending Russian President Vladimir Putin as its honorary president and ambassador, citing the “ongoing war conflict in ...

Putin's Judo Diplomacy: Japan's PM Wants Olympian to Fight Russian Leader. Published Sep 07, 2017 at 4:32 AM EDT Updated Sep 07, 2017 at 4:32 AM EDT.

Judo has always been more than a sport for Putin. As he told NPR in 2001: "I think it's also a philosophy in a way, and I think it's a philosophy that teaches one to treat one's partner with respect.

The International Judo Federation removed Vladimir Putin and Arkady Rotenberg, an oligarch with a longtime connection to the Russian president, from “all positions” in the organization.

AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Sergei Zhukov, Presidential Press Service, FileIn this Dec. 24, 2005 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a master class at a judo school in St. Petersburg. On ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin plays a major role in this. A huge fan of judo , he says that in his life and work he often relies on the philosophical principles of this Japanese martial art ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin has been suspended as honorary president of the International Judo Federation (IJF), the sport's governing body announced on Sunday, because of his invasion of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and a Russian businessman have been removed from all positions in the International Judo Federation (IJF), the sport’s governing body said, in the latest spor… ...