Former Olympian and American figure skater Johnny will, who was recently employed by the NBC Sports Channel, commented at 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. But the network failed to disclose a major detail from Will's resume ---
He seems to be working with the Russian government.
Reporter Andy Humm discovered this when he studied will and saw his biography at the premier's speech Bureau.
"Due to his ability to understand global art and culture and his sports expertise, part of the bio reads: "strange people have recently started serving as goodwill sports ambassadors in Japan and the Russian Children's Welfare Association and the Russian consulate in New York. ".
The press release on Will's role in the network does not mention anything about this affiliation.
John Aravosis of Weir ablog pointed out that this is clearly a conflict of interest between Will and NBC, but it may also add some context to Will's recent remarks defending the Russian government, although the Russian government has cracked down on the rights of gay, bisexual and transgender people.
In other apologies from will for the Russian government, he recently called on human rights activists to protest against Russia's-
Gay, bisexual and transgender law "idiot" and describes the national ban on gay, bisexual and transgender people
It said gay propaganda only made anal sex a crime before the library.
As noted by Sharon and elsewhere, this law is actually a broad law
A ban on public expression and presence of LGBT people has been used to review Pro
Remarks or arrests of gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Putin's views on LGBT people are undisguised;
This week, he opposed "so-
Tolerance--
No sex and infertility
"According to Aravosis, after he released the report, the work of will and the Russian consulate was removed from his resume.
Update: Will and his manager said the former Olympian had nothing to do with the Russian consulate, calling Speaker bio a "typo ".
Manager Laina Cohn said: "[will] did not participate in the Russian consulate in any way or sign a contract with the Russian consulate!