They are in that same war by proxy, as well as funding Israel in their wars. Banning countries for political reasons will always get messy. Though I am glad to see Russia gone for their systematic doping. That is relevant to hockey.
Yeah, that's the real issue as far as sports go. It wasn't so much that the doped, they were just so goddamned brazen about it. They literally dared the IOC to do something about it. They did, but it was completely pointless. They were allowed to compete, but just couldn't call themselves "Russia" or fly the flag in an official capacity, so all it did was take an already surly bunch of whiners and give them a rallying cry.
I could go on about the whole war thing but admittedly that is not a uncomplicated subject.