Russian President Vladimir Putin and his long-time ally, a Kremlin-supporting ogliarch, have been stripped of all their judo titles, the sport’s international body announced laste Sunday. Putin is an avid judoka and attended the sport at the 2012 London Olympics.

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“The International Judo Federation announces that Mr. Vladimir Putin and Mr. Arkady Rotenberg have been removed from all positions held in the International Judo Federation,” the Budapest-based governing body said. 

Rotenberg is a long-time friend of Putin from their home city of St. Petersburg and was a member of the IJF executive committee as “development manager.”

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Putin’s honorary presidency of the IJF was suspended last week. The body cited “the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine” for suspending the Russian President’s status. 

“In light of the ongoing war… in Ukraine, the International Judo Federation announces the suspension of Mr. Vladimir Putin’s status as Honorary President and Ambassador of the International Judo Federation,” the IJF statement read. 

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The Russian President was awarded an eighth dan in 2014 — one of the highest levels in the sport.  IJF president Marius Vizer lauded him back in 2014 as “the perfect ambassador for our sport”.

The statement came as Russia announced yet another cease-fire and a handful of humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to flee Ukraine starting Monday, although the evacuation routes were mostly leading to Russia and its ally Belarus, drawing withering criticism from Ukraine and others.

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 Russian forces continued to pummel some Ukrainian cities with rockets even after the new announcement of corridors and fierce fighting continued in some areas, indicating there would be no wider cessation of hostilities.

The United Nations’ refugee agency says the number of people who have fled the war in Ukraine has increased to more than 1.7 million.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday put the number of people who have arrived in other countries since the Russian invasion started on Feb. 24 at some 1.735 million. That’s up from more than 1.53 million on Sunday.