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By Evan Bleier Following a report from The New York Times that the All England Lawn Tennis Club plans to ban Russian and Belarusian tennis players from competing at Wimbledon in June, a Kremlin spokesman called the move, which has not yet formally been announced, “unacceptable.” “Once again they simply turn athletes into hostages to political prejudice, political intrigues,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to The Moscow Times. “This is unacceptable. Taking into account that Russia is a very strong tennis country, our athletes are at the top of world rankings, the comp…