Russia accuses IOC of ‘racism’

Moscow has condemned the International Olympic Committee’s calls to boycott the Friendship Games The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) call for athletes to boycott the upcoming Friendship Games in Russia amounts to racial discrimination, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.

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2,000% surge in luxury car sales to ex-Soviet republic ‘not about Russia’ – UK auto lobby

Azerbaijan is a flourishing market and is not re-exporting vehicles to the sanctioned country, a British motoring group has claimed An unprecedented surge in car exports from the UK to Azerbaijan is not related to Russia or sanctions evasion, the British Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has claimed, as cited by Sky News.

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EU extends tariff-free trade with Ukraine  

The European Parliament has extended the suspension of all tariffs and quotas on Ukrainian agricultural food imports to the EU until June 2025, it announced on Wednesday. The decision is in line with a European Commission proposal in January to remove tariffs on Ukrainian farm produce until June 2025 with an “emergency brake” for poultry,…

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