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Deputy PM says sanctions won't stop Russia GP

Russia is pressing ahead with its preparations for next month's inaugural grand prix in Sochi. That is despite the highly controversial and divisive Ukraine crisis, the recent MH17 atrocity, and new anti-Russian punitive sanctions by the US and Europe. In Sochi on Friday, Russian teen Sergey Sirotkin will drive the Sauber in practice, reportedly as part of the struggling Swiss team's 'Russian rescue deal' that may in fact have been heavily delayed over the past months. Asked whether the more intense sanctions imposed by Europe had hurt the deal, team boss Monisha Kaltenborn said in Singapore: "It's not affecting it." Also defiant in the face of the sanctions are the Russians...
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