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UK calls on IOC to maintain Olympic ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes

The culture secretary, Lucy Frazer, has said the UK will support a continuing ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes in international competition

The Guardian - UK

UK among over 30 nations still supporting Russian athlete ban ahead of Olympics

The IOC is exploring the idea of athletes from Russia and Belarus competing at Paris 2024 as neutrals.

The Independent UK

Belarus to form new paramilitary force amid Ukraine conflict

Belarus’ authoritarian president says the ex-Soviet nation will form a new territorial defense force amid the fighting in neighboring Ukraine

The Independent UK

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Poland curbs border traffic as Belarus expels three Polish diplomats

Poland announced more curbs to road traffic with Belarus on Monday, hours after saying Minsk was expelling three Polish diplomats, as relations between the two nations deteriorate.

Reuters

Disco Boy review – freaky trip into the heart of imperial darkness

Giacomo Abbruzzese’s drama follows Belarusian Aleksei on his journey into the French Foreign Legion and a very strange epiphany in the Niger Delta

The Guardian - UK

Nations: No clarity on neutrality, no Olympics for Russia

The governments of more than 30 nations signed a letter calling on the IOC to clarify the definition of “neutrality” as it seeks a way to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes back into international sports and next year's Paris Olympics

The Independent UK

Russian pranksters call Merkel posing as Ukraine's ex-leader

Russian pranksters posing as Ukraine’s ex-President Petro Poroshenko managed to contact Angela Merkel by phone to discuss developments in Ukraine and Belarus, although the former German chancellor was wary about the entire call

The Independent UK

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Russia, Belarus discuss closer military, economic ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting neighboring ally Belarus’ leader for talks on expanding military and economic cooperation amid the fighting in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Russian forces close in on Bakhmut as leaders meet in Munich

International community will call on Putin once again to end the war

The Independent UK

Belarus ready to ‘wage war’ alongside Russia in Ukraine if attacked

‘If Ukraine commit aggression against Belarus... the war will take on a completely different nature,’ says President Alexander Lukashenko

The Independent UK

Where does your country stand on the Russia-Ukraine war?

Al Jazeera breaks down the political, military and economic positions of various countries around the world.

Al Jazeera

Belarus' Lukashenko says it will only fight alongside Russia if Belarus attacked

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday he would only order his troops to fight alongside ally Russia if another country launches an attack against Belarus, the state-run Belta news agency reported.

Reuters

Ukrainian Olympic head on Russian rival: 'He is my enemy'

The presidents of Ukrainian and Russian Olympic committees fought together as teammates at the 1992 Barcelona Games and won a gold medal in fencing for the post-Soviet Unified Team

The Independent UK

Labour peer calls on Uefa to ban Belarus from Euro 2024 qualifying

Uefa’s president Aleksander Ceferin is the subject of calls to ban Belarus from European Championship qualifying this year, in an extension of the row over Russian participation in international sport

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The Independent UK

Russia and Belarus planes forced to take bizarre flight paths, adding hours onto Turkey and Egypt journeys

Exclusive: Flights from Moscow and Minsk to Istanbul take detours adding up to three hours to journey times

The Independent UK

Great Britain to boycott Women’s Boxing World Championships in India

The IBA has defied guidance from the IOC and allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete for their countries.

Reuters

Nobel laureate calls for national reconciliation at trial in Belarus

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski called for "national reconciliation" between the Belarus authorities and opposition on Monday, in his final statement at a trial he said was politically motivated.

Reuters

Hungary's foreign minister visits Minsk amid Olympics row

Hungary's foreign minister paid a visit to Minsk on Monday to keep "channels of communication open" as a group of 35 countries demanded that Russian and Belarusian athletes be banned from the 2024 Olympics.

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Russia-led rescuers pull man from rubble in Turkey 160 hours after quake

Rescue teams from Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus pulled a man alive from a collapsed building in Turkey on Sunday, 160 hours after the earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

The Independent UK

Olympics not on wrong side of history over Russia, insists defiant IOC president Thomas Bach

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach says the organisation is not on the wrong side of history by aiming to help Russians and Belarusians qualify for the 2024 Paris Games

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Another patient death reported in suspicious transplants

A 45-year-old man who underwent simultaneous kidney and liver transplant surgery in Belarus in early September last year died before the month was out, according to police sources. It was the second patient death related to overseas transplants arranged in Belarus last year by a Japan nonprofit organization that is…

France 24

‘We will be in danger if Russia wins’: Security concerns drive Poland’s support for Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has conferred a new importance to the Baltic States and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe geographically closest to Russia – particularly Poland. Warsaw is determined to learn from Poland's own history and help Ukraine win the war.

Daily Mirror

Great Britain among 35 countries to demand Russian athletes be banned from Paris Olympics

There is increasing pressure on the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Paris Games after an emergency summit on Friday

The Independent UK

No ‘pretend neutrality’ for Russian athletes at Olympics, Zelensky demands

Britain is among those lobbying for an outright ban on individual Russians and Belarusians at the Paris Olympics.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelenskyy Tells Summit ‘No Place’ for Russia at Olympics

Russian athletes have "no place" at next year's Paris Olympics while their country’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a summit of sports officials from about 30 countries Friday. The International Olympic Committee argues it would be discriminatory to exclude Russia and ally Belarus from sports ahead…

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