Russia's Bosco Wants Brand Disassociated From PyeongChang 2018

Russia’s Bosco, the exclusive supplier of clothing to the IOC from next year, will ask the organization "not to use its brand" at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics, company Head Mikhail Kusnirovich said, according to Katya Golubkova of REUTERS. Kusnirovich said that he took the decision "because of the IOC’s ban on Russia competing at the Games." He said, "I think that in the near future, I will come up with a proposal to the IOC ... to deactivate our rights. ... Even such beautiful chic clothes -- let them keep them, but the Bosco brand and what we own ... I will ask for that not to be activated." Bosco won the rights to be the exclusive supplier to the IOC last year. Kusnirovich, also the founder of the group, said that his company "already supplied all the clothes to the IOC for the upcoming Games." It was the official supplier to the Russian Olympic team from '02 until last January when the contract expired. It also is worn by a number of teams including Ukraine, Spain and Serbia (REUTERS, 12/20).