What do Pat Hickey and Conor McGregor think now about Vladimir Putin?

The failures of the world of sport to resist the embrace of Putin are also Irish failures. 
What do Pat Hickey and Conor McGregor think now about Vladimir Putin?

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino and Vladimir Putin at the 2018 World Cup final trophy presentation at the Luzhniki Stadium

The highpoint of the Vladimir Putin’s success in using the world of his sport as his plaything came on 15 July 2018. 

The staging that day of the World Cup final in Moscow saw Putin bask in the immediate glow of what was widely considered to be a brilliant tournament.

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