US state media editor detained in Russia

RFE/RL’s Alsu Kurmasheva – a dual US/Russian national – was arrested in Kazan Russian law enforcement has detained Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor from the US state-run media outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), over failing to register as a foreign agent and gathering sensitive military data, two sources reported on Thursday.

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Olympic bans are ‘ethnic discrimination’ – Putin

The Russian president claimed that sports authorities have permitted the use of the movement as a political tool Russian President Vladimir Putin told an athletics forum on Thursday that the Olympic movement is now a far cry from the ideals of its modern reinventors, with politics trumping sportsmanship and athletes suffering discrimination due to their…

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West has ‘lost’ Global South over Israel hypocrisy – FT

Standing up for Ukraine but not Palestine makes the US and its allies look duplicitous, officials have told the outlet Attempts by the US and its allies to “paint Moscow as a global pariah” have been “poisoned” by their rush to support Israeli retaliation against Hamas in Gaza, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing…

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