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To Ban, or Not to Ban, That Is the Question

After Putin invaded Ukraine, do sports sanctions make sense?

Sports Illustrated

Foreign companies exiting Russia echo the pressure campaign against South Africa's racist apartheid system

McDonald’s provided many Russians with their first taste of capitalism three decades ago. Now, the global fast-food giant is exiting the country. Starbucks is also on its way out.

The Conversation

Russia offers fast-track citizenship to residents of occupied Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday simplifying the process for residents of Ukraine's Russian-occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to acquire Russian citizenship and passports.

Reuters

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Judge who apologised for jailing Vladimir Putin rival dies in 'suspicious' circumstances

The judge, who privately apologised to Vladimir Putin rival and opposition leader Alexei Navalny for jailing him died in ‘suspicious’ circumstances, it has emerged, after she was originally thought to have died of Covid

Daily Mirror

Chelsea sale: What will happen to the money after takeover from Roman Abramovich completed

Key to the government’s decision to approve the sale were assurances that no sanctioned individuals, including Roman Abramovich, would benefit from the proceeds

The Independent UK

Chelsea sale funds to be frozen and releasing them will require further licence

The government want to be certain the sale proceeds, thought to be £2.5 billion, go to support humanitarian causes in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Biden is sending dangerous messages about Taiwan to China. The US should tread with care

Remarks like this feed China’s anxiety that US commitment to its One China policy is slipping

The Guardian - US

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Government issues licence to permit sale of Chelsea FC and is “satisfied" the sale will not benefit Roman Abramovich

The proceeds of the sale will be used for humanitarian causes in Ukraine, a government statement said

Manchester Evening News

Putin’s real goal in Ukraine isn’t land

Putin isn’t just trying to take over Ukrainian land — he is trying to obliterate Ukrainian identity

Salon

Putin launches ‘insane’ onslaught on Ukraine’s Donbas region

Vladimir Putin’s forces have launched an “insane” onslaught in the Donbas, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Orthodox spiritual leader says Russian church has 'disappointed us' over Ukraine

The Russian Orthodox Church has let Christian Orthodox fathers down by supporting Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of some 260 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, said in an interview.

Reuters

Editorial: There's nothing for Biden to walk back on defending Taiwan

President Joe Biden’s remark Monday about a U.S. military response should China invade Taiwan was no gaffe and didn’t deserve to be walked back by his aides. Biden knew exactly what he was saying. He stated it three different ways at a news conference as Japan’s prime minister stood beside…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

George Soros: Russian invasion may be start of 3rd World War

United States billionaire George Soros warned Tuesday that "civilisation may not survive" Russia's invasion of Ukraine but said Europe could have a stronger position against Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding gas than it realises.

Bangkok Post

Putin’s Odesa blockade will send food prices spiralling, UK warns

Vladimir Putin’s blockade of Odesa and other Ukrainian ports will send basic food prices spiralling even higher, British defence chiefs warned on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

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Sale of sanctioned oligarch's Chelsea Football Club approved by U.K. government

The government had to be sure that Roman Abramovich, sanctioned over his links to Russian President Vladimir Putin, did not profit from the enforced sale of one of football's most successful clubs.

The Independent UK

What next for Chelsea as record-breaking Blues sale is ratified?

The Todd Boehly/Clearlake Capital consortium are paying a sports franchise record £4.25billion for the Premier League club

The Independent UK

What next for Chelsea as record-breaking takeover is ratified?

The Todd Boehly/Clearlake Capital consortium are paying a sports franchise record £4.25billion for the Premier League club

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says will only talk directly to Russia's Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he was only willing to talk directly to Vladimir Putin and not via intermediators.

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Chelsea sale: Government confirm massive Todd Boehly takeover update amid Roman Abramovich worry

Roman Abramovich has been working to sell the club he has owned for 19 years and Todd Boehly's consortium can now complete their purchase of Chelsea

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m never going back’: the high-profile Russian defectors rejecting war

Gazprombank’s Igor Volobuyev and diplomat Boris Bondarev are among the Russian elite to oppose Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Wales Online

George Soros: Ukraine conflict could become Third World War and end civilisation

The billionaire investor and philanthropist thinks the war could have devastating consequences for Europe and beyond

Daily Record

Latest Partygate controversy reiterates fact you can never trust the Tories to do the right thing

Annie Brown says the words written on a battered little book bought in 1944 could slip so easily into this week’s commentary on the pictures of Boris Johnson raising a glass at a Downing Street party during lockdown.

Daily Record

Putin’s exit ‘being discussed’ in Kremlin as elites and allies turn on him

A damaging fresh report claims there is a wish amongst Russia’s elite that ‘in a fairly foreseeable future’ warmongering Putin will not ‘govern the state’.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine conflict could spiral into World War III ending civilisation, warns George Soros

Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros thinks the war in Ukraine may eventually trigger World War III and have devastating consequences for Europe and beyond

Reuters

Russia seeks to put stranglehold on twin Ukrainian cities

Russian forces sought to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin eastern cities straddling a river as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Moscow was seeking to destroy the industrial Donbas region where it has focused its attacks.

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