Moscow has condemned US President Joe Biden’s claim that Russia is preparing to attack Ukraine in the coming days, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters on Thursday that such a statement “elevates tensions.” Earlier in the day, Biden claimed that Russia is “prepared to go into Ukraine, attack Ukraine,” and …
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has defended its decision to clear Russian ice skating star Kamila Valieva for competition, saying her explanation of how a banned angina drug could get into her body seemed plausible. Valieva’s positive doping test, which was revealed after she helped her team to …
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The US Navy has denied claims that one of its nuclear-powered submarines violated Russia’s territorial waters amid rising geopolitical tensions between the countries. “There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters,” US Navy Captain Kyle Raines said in a statement cited by Reuters …
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With the Beijing Games now in full swing and the first round of events well and truly underway, it hasn’t taken very for a number of athletes ensconced in the Olympic Village to speak out against some of the conditions they are enduring in the Chinese capital – with some …
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America’s accusation that Moscow is planning to stage a false flag incident in Ukraine is reminiscent of the US’ bogus claims that Iraq was in possession of weapons of mass destruction in 2003, the Russian Embassy in Washington said on Friday. Writing on Facebook, a statement from the diplomats called …
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Citing “three US officials,” Reuters has reported that Russia is allegedly moving blood supplies and other medical materials closer to its frontier with Ukraine. The anonymous individuals cited by the agency have claimed that this was one of the “concrete indicators” showing whether Moscow is poised to launch an invasion. “The disclosure of …
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Authorities in Washington, along with several other Western powers, are working to derail and interfere with the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the head of Russia’s overseas intelligence-gathering agency has claimed. Sergey Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, told journalists on Tuesday that his agency had uncovered a …
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A group of 270 health and science professionals have signed an open letter to the audio streaming service Spotify, demanding a stricter policy on misinformation to combat podcaster Joe Rogan’s alleged Covid “conspiracy theories.” The letter focuses on the alleged dangers the comedian’s highly influential podcast, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, …
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Spain’s highest court has rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by former oligarch Sergey Pugachev which demanded Russia pay more than $14 billion in damages, rejecting an appeal against a previous legal ruling. On Monday, Russian media reported that the court in Madrid had dismissed the claims from the founder of …
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Legendary fighter Vitali Klitschko has joined Ukraine’s military reservists, with the mayor of Kiev claiming the country is at war and reportedly making a remark about Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian hero Klitschko, who was a boxing champion in three decades before his final title defense in 2012, has started participating in …
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