Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The International Olympic Committee (IOC) responded to the remarks of Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) president Stanislav Pozdnyakov on Tuesday, reaffirming its stance on sanctions against the Russian and Belarusian state and governments. “The sanctions against the Russian and Belarusian state and governments are not negotiable,” an …
Read More »IOC seeks for ways to let Russia, Belarus athletes back to international competitions
Lausanne, Switzerland | Xinhua | The International Olympic Committee (IOC), accompanied with International Federations (IFs) and National Olympic Committees (NOCs), are seeking for ways to bring athletes of Russia and Belarus back to the international competitions, according to a statement released by the IOC on Wednesday. IOC, IFs, NOCs and athletes’ …
Read More »Iran vows retaliation after EU, Britain slap sanctions
Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran on Tuesday strongly condemned new sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) and Britain and vowed to take retaliatory measures. Iran reserves the right to take retaliatory measures against such “failed policies” and will soon announce its new list of sanctions against the “human rights …
Read More »Russia’s oil output up 2 pct in 2022 despite sanctions
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the country’s oil production increased by 2 percent over the past year despite Western sanctions, according to the Kremlin. “I would especially like to talk about the oil and gas sector. Despite the previously mentioned sanctions pressure, oil production …
Read More »U.S., NATO in proxy war against Russia, says Croatian president
Zagreb, Croatia | Xinhua | Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has said that the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are engaged in a proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, Croatian media reported on Monday. “Washington and NATO are waging a proxy war against Russia through Ukraine,” Milanovic was …
Read More »Russian revenues from oil, gas business grow 28 pct in 2022
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia’s budget revenues in 2022 from the oil and gas industry increased by 28 percent or by 2.5 trillion rubles (36.4 billion U.S. dollars) from the previous year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Monday. Despite sanctions by unfriendly countries, oil production in Russia amounted …
Read More »2022 leaves Europe in grip of energy crisis
Valletta, Malta | Xinhua | In Slovenia, Vukadinka Marija Pavlin does not turn on radiators all the way even when the weather gets cold, and washes clothes and dishes at night when electricity is at its cheapest. Thanks to her extreme frugality with electricity consumption, she has avoided the need …
Read More »Europe’s Russia sanctions
They are a shot to the foot as there shouldn’t have been an abrupt transition from Russian energy supplies COMMENT | Brahma Chellaney | It seems obvious that sanctions – an increasingly important tool of Western foreign policy – should inflict significant pain on the target without exacting unsustainably high costs from …
Read More »EU new sanctions target Russia’s armed forces, drone supply
Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Commission on Wednesday proposed the ninth package of sanctions against Russia that will include almost 200 individuals and entities and cut Russia’s access to drones. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement that the eight packages of sanctions introduced so …
Read More »FUFA upholds decision to sanction SC Villa over hooliganism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | SC Villa will have to serve all the sanctions imposed on them by the FUFA Disciplinary panel earlier this month due to hooliganism. The FUFA Appeals Committee has upheld the sanctions of the FUFA Competitions Disciplinary Panel (CDP) following SC VIlla’s appeal. Earlier this month, …
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