"If people find it strange that the vote of a small Caribbean country should count for as much as Germany's or Brazil's, what would they say if Bill Gates's vote counted for more than his gardener's in a US election?"
"Many of them, the majority in fact, are less equal than others. They are the federations of smaller, poorer countries which are financially dependent on the funding provided by their sport's governing body."
"The power bestowed on them by the electoral system ends up being used to prop up their benefactor, which is why sport will almost certainly soon witness the triumphant return of Alisher Usmanov."
"Usmanov tried to have these sanctions overturned in the context of his return to the leadership of the International Fencing Federation, highlighting the complexities within international sports governance."
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