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'Not so rosy': Russian athletes face prospect of Olympics ban

Russian athletics stars are no strangers to being barred from international competitions, and the prospect of missing next year's Olympics over the invasion of Ukraine has piled onto years of frustration felt towards global sports bodies.

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Vladimir Putin's snub casts doubt on Yevgeny Prigozhin's ploy to use his Wagner Group to shore-up power

"Putin's chef" is known for cooking his way into the Russian president's inner circle, but a very public snub has experts suspecting the relationship may have come undone.

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What technologies and tactics are countries using to spy on each other?

China's balloons are a reminder countries are constantly watching each other. In the ever-evolving world of espionage, which intelligence tactics are being used in the face of growing global tensions?

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Frustration at UN ahead of likely row with Russia on Syria aid

The United Nations Security Council will next week discuss if it will allow the UN to deliver aid to rebel-held northwest Syria through more than one Turkish border crossing following Monday's devastating earthquake - a move Russia does not think is needed.

Reuters

Biden to travel to Poland to mark first anniversary of Ukraine invasion

U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Poland on Feb. 20 to 22 to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House said on Friday.

Reuters

IMF to meet Ukraine officials in Warsaw next week -source

International Monetary Fund staff will meet with Ukrainian officials in Warsaw next week, a source familiar with the plans said on Friday, as Ukraine presses for a multi-billion dollar borrowing program to cover its funding needs given Russia's war.

Reuters

Biden will travel to Poland to mark one-year anniversary of Russian invasion of Ukraine: ‘Sending a message’

The White House says it will show US resolve to continue to support Ukraine

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Biden to visit Poland for anniversary of Ukraine war

President Joe Biden will travel to Poland later this month to rally allies a year after Russia’s assault on Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russia launches rocket assault on Ukraine as it steps up eastern offensive

Ukraine has long feared a new offensive by Russian troops ahead of the anniversary of Moscow’s invasion on 24 February

The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Zelenskiy visits London, Paris and Brussels; the secretive Ukrainian special forces taking the fight across the border

The Guardian - AU

Russia launches spring offensive as bombers, drones and rockets attack Ukrainian targets

Russia has launched a fresh offensive on Ukraine ahead of the first anniversary of the invasion on February 24, launching 71 cruise missiles and 35 S-300 missiles since Thursday

Daily Mirror

U.S., UK sanction eight Bulgarians over alleged corruption

The United States and Britain on Friday sanctioned eight Bulgarians for alleged corruption, including the country’s wealthiest man and a former minister who allegedly profited illegally from deals involving Bulgaria's only nuclear power plant and Russian energy firms.

Reuters

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.

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Zelenskiy calls any Russian return to Olympics a ‘manifestation of violence’

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told a summit of 35 sports ministers that Russian and Belarusian competitors would be forced ‘to play along with war propaganda’

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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Sanctions on Russia are main obstacle to Serbia's EU bid - PM Brnabic

Serbia's refusal to impose sanctions on its ally Russia remains the main obstacle to a speedier European Union accession bid, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Friday, describing the move as the "condition above all conditions" set by the bloc.

The Guardian - UK

Putin is gambling on the west growing impatient with Ukraine. We have to prove him wrong

A year into his country’s fight for its very survival, Volodymyr Zelenskiy knows some in Europe are looking for a way out, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Says It Arrests Those behind Attack on Military Site, Blames Israeli ‘Mercenaries’

Iran's security forces have arrested the "main perpetrators" of a drone attack on a military site in the central city of Isfahan, in which Israeli "mercenaries" were involved, state media reported on Friday. Iran has blamed Israel for the Jan. 29 drone attack, vowing revenge for what appeared to be…

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3 Cream-of-the-Crop Stocks to Buy Today

With Russia’s plans to cut crude oil production threatening to tip an interest-rate-paranoid market into a fresh bout of volatility and sell-off, shares of fundamentally strong and profitable businesses, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM), Walmart (WMT), and Pfizer (PFE), seem to be good investments now. Continue reading….

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Lavrov, Back from Africa, Says West Has Failed to ‘Isolate’ Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the West's efforts to "isolate" his country had completely failed and Moscow was building stronger relations with countries in Africa, the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere. "Today we can affirm that the West's plans to isolate Russia by surrounding us with…

Reuters

Belarusian court sentences railway saboteurs to 22 years in prison - rights group

A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced two men to 22 years in prison for their roles in acts of sabotage of the railway network intended to slow the movement of Russian forces through the country, rights group Viasna said.

Reuters

Lavrov, back from Africa, says West has failed to 'isolate' Russia

France 24

Did Volodymyr Zelensky call for ‘preventive nuclear strikes’ against Russia? Not exactly

Social media users have been circulating a video of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, claiming that the footage shows him calling on NATO to launch preventive nuclear strikes against Russia. It turns out, however, that this footage isn’t new – Zelensky made these statements back in October 2022. Moreover, the translation…

The Guardian - UK

Large-scale Russian missile attacks ‘reconnaissance’ for future offensive

Ukrainian military says 61 out of 70 cruise missiles shot down as Black Sea launches seen as test of defence infrastructure

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