Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed the diplomatic boycott of February’s Beijing Winter Olympics by the United States and others. “It is an unacceptable and wrong decision,” the 69-year-old said on Thursday at his annual press conference in Moscow. “We have always been against the politicization of sport.” Unlike his US counterpart Joe Biden, who will not attend in protest at China’s human rights record, the Kremlin leader will travel to Beijing for the opening of the Games. Russia as a nation is banned because of a doping scandal but Russian athletes will compete as neutrals. US athl…