Russian President Vladimir Putin has been stripped of his honorary taekwondo black belt by the World Taekwondo Federation. Putin was awarded the prestigious item by the federation's chief, Choue Chung-won, and was also made a grandmaster of the martial art during a November 2013 visit to South Korea, where taekwondo originated.
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