The country’s participation has been suspended since it took athletes from former Ukrainian territories under its wing The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected Russia’s appeal against a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to suspend its membership over the Ukraine conflict.

The 13th package comes a day before the second anniversary of the start of Moscow’s military operation against Ukraine The European Union has adopted its 13th package of sanctions against Russia, the European Council said in a press release on Friday.

An arbitration court in Russia has ruled that assets of German company Linde be confiscated over its refusal to honor contract obligations to build a gas processing plant in the country in 2022. The German firm received an advance payment from a Russian company in 2021 but, after the EU launched its sanctions campaign against Russia…