When I read this RUS BLR ASIA news, I think about what Orwell once wrote
"Serious sport
has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy,
boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing
violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting."
Papers in POL have reminded me this quote recently.
And I agree that CHN can't have "AUS" and RUS at the same time, that would be unfair ;-)
That would be easier for POL if we don't have RUS and BLR in continental quali as well, quite obvious...