Saturday, October 8, 2022

Amateur boxing world governing body lifts ban on Russian and Belarusian boxers

Boxers from the two nations were banned from competition in March following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The International Boxing Association's president is Russian Umar Kremlev and it counts Russian state-backed energy giant Gazprom among its chief sponsors.n a statement, it sa

 

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Belarusian Defense Ministry Says Expects Deliveries Of Russian Air Defense Systems

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th October, 2022) The Belarusian military will receive the 9K720 Iskander guided missile systems and the S-400 Triumf air defense systems supplied by Russia, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

"The defense minister (Viktor Khrenin)

 

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Leader of Belarus gifts Putin a tractor for 70th birthday

ST. PETERSBURG (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin got an unusual gift for his 70th birthday on Friday: a tractor.

As the leaders of several ex-Soviet nations met at the Czarist-era Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus presented Putin

 

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German Defense Chief Says NATO 'Must Do More' For Common Security Against Russian Threat

German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said during a visit to Lithuania that NATO must do more for common security to protect itself against any aggressive actions by Russia and President Vladimir Putin.

"The fact is that we, NATO, must do more for our common security because

 

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Human rights campaigners of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine win Nobel Peace Prize

The prize will be seen by many as a condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is celebrating his 70th birthday on Friday, and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, making it one of the most politically contentious in decades.
The award, the first since Russia’s Feb 24

 

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Nobel peace prize given to human rights activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine

The jailed Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties have won the 2022 Nobel peace prize, in an award the committee said was to honour champions of “peace

 

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Belarus, Ukraine, Russia activists win Nobel Peace Prize

The decision to honour Ales Bialiatsky, Russia's Memorial and the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties (CCL) is a rebuff to two authoritarian leaders.

Russia forced Memorial to close last December, ahead of Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine.

Bialiatsky was imprisoned amid

 

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