Vladimir Putin is often referred to as a chess player. True connoisseurs of the Russian world know that this is not the case, he is above all a crude judoka without the notions of respect, who only reasons through the balance of power. It is indeed the school of combat sports that forged his brutal way of apprehending the world. These last few days have shown that the Russian head of state does not respect many people. The only individuals for whom he has esteem are those he met in sport during his youth or great sportsmen like Jean-Claude Killy, one of the rare people to share his intimacy and to have a dialogue with him.
