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Post by Admin on Sept 22, 2023 18:44:36 GMT
Кубок Санкт-Петербурга, 1 этап, 22/09/23
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2023 13:50:49 GMT
Russian media RIA Novosti reported that female figure skating and former world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (26) of Russia will be absent from this season's competition.
The same media reported, citing a person familiar with the matter, ''Tuktamysheva has decided not to participate in this season's games and to focus on performing at ice shows.''
Tuktamysheva, the 2015 world champion, is a legend in the rapidly aging Russian figure skating world, where she remained active until the age of 26 and continues to jump the triple axel. While Russia continued to be excluded from international tournaments due to the invasion of Ukraine, they participated in domestic tournaments last season, but this was a big decision.
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Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2023 21:56:49 GMT
On the 23rd, Russia's independent media outlet Virginie Istrii (Important Topics) reported that Duma Mironov, leader of Russia's left-leaning party ''Fair Russia, For Justice'', was an orphan in the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, which was temporarily occupied by Russia. It was reported that he adopted a Ukrainian girl who was taken from a hospital and even changed her name.
Mironov's wife and others visited an orphanage in Kherson in August last year and abducted a 10-month-old girl, Margarita Prokopenko, and a 2-year-old boy. In December of the same year, a Moscow court ruled that Margarita would be adopted by Mr. Mironov and that she would be renamed Marina Mironova, a Russian citizen. Her place of birth has also been changed to a place near Moscow.
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Post by Admin on Dec 4, 2023 21:43:19 GMT
Foreigners entering Russia could be required to sign a “loyalty agreement” upon arrival, pledging not to criticise Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has waged an unprecedented crackdown on dissent ahead of a 2024 presidential election which is expected to bring Vladimir Putin a fifth term lasting until 2030.
The move, under new rules being prepared by the interior ministry, would oblige foreigners to comply with strict laws banning criticism of the conflict in Ukraine, as well as not making positive statements about the LGBTQ community, the state-run TASS news agency reported.
‘Protecting the national interests’ According to TASS, which cited a draft document, the foreigner would “agree, by entering Russia, to comply with prohibitions established with the aim of protecting the national interests of Russia”.
The person would agree not to “discredit in any form the foreign and domestic state policy of the Russian Federation”.
The foreigner would also comply with not sharing public information about LGBTQ relationships, under Russian legislation, and refrain from “distorting the historical truth” of the Soviet role in the Second World War.
TASS has said the document would soon be put to the Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament.
It gave no details on what kind of punishment individuals could face for breaking the agreement.
The Kremlin refused to comment on the possible new rules at a briefing with journalists on Wednesday.
Many Westerners left Russia after Moscow launched its military offensive in February last year.
Russia has punished thousands of its own citizens for denouncing the Ukraine invasion under its strict censorship laws.
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Post by Admin on Dec 16, 2023 13:54:24 GMT
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