Russia's Bosco, official clothes supplier to International Olympic Committee, wants brand disassociated from Winter Olympics

Mikhail Kusnirovich, board head for retail group Bosco di Ciliegi, attends an interview with Reuters at GUM department store in Moscow, Russia December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Bosco, the exclusive supplier of clothing to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from next year, will ask the IOC not to use its brand at the forthcoming Winter Olympics, Mikhail Kusnirovich, board head for the group, told Reuters.

In an interview on Wednesday, Kusnirovich said that he took the decision because of the IOC's decision to ban Russia from the Games which are due to take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February.