Russian basketball is hoping one of its greatest-ever players could help it off-court. Andrey Kirilenko is running for the post of national president, with the sport in turmoil recently. Russia was even briefly suspended from competing internationally - READ MORE br RT LIVE br Subscribe to RT! br Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Google+ Listen to us on Soundcloud: br RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.