Russian athletes have won 12 times in total – eight gold, one silver and three bronze –moving the team into fourth place in the medal standings Russian cross-country skier Anastasia Bagiyan has won gold in the 20 km individual start race for visually impaired athletes at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, becoming a three-time champion at the Games in Italy. The 24-year-old earlier won the sprint and the 10 km classical race. This year’s Games are the first Paralympics in which Russian athletes have been allowed to compete under their national flag after years of international bans and restrictions. Earlier in the day, Russian cross-country skier Vera Voronchikhina won gold in a women’s cross-country race at the 2026 Winter Paralympics. Read more Russian skier wins fifth gold at Paralympics Russian cross-country skier Ivan Golubkov also won gold in the 20 km individual start race, finishing in 51 minutes 55 seconds. The 30-year-old six-time world champion had earlier taken first pl...
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If Tehran is crushed, the Middle East will go from a tense equilibrium to a violent detonation, and Ankara may very well be the next target The position of Türkiye on the Israeli-American military campaign against Iran is unmistakably clear, and in recent weeks it has grown even more resolute. Ankara does not regard what is unfolding as a localized exchange of strikes, nor as merely another episode in the long history of Middle Eastern confrontation. It sees it as a step toward a full-scale regional catastrophe, the consequences of which could affect every state from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf. In the Turkish view, strikes on Iran are not an instrument of regional pacification, but a mechanism for further destabilization and explosion. That is precisely why President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and representatives of the presidential administration have issued statement after statement marked by co...
The US president has demanded that China, Japan, and other nations deploy naval units to the vital route to protect maritime traffic from Iranian strikes Countries that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz “must take care” of securing it, US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social late on Saturday, adding that Washington “will help – A LOT!” The US and Israel began coordinated strikes on the Islamic Republic in late February, triggering Iranian retaliatory attacks across the region. The escalating crisis has effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz, which carries about one-fifth of the world’s daily oil and gas supply, after Tehran barred vessels from countries it considers hostile, sending global crude prices up nearly 50% to about $120 a barrel. In an earlier post the same day, Donald Trump said he hoped “China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK and others affected by this artificial constraint will send ships to the area.” “In the meantime, the United State...
The US journalist could pay the price for calling out important people, the CIA whistleblower has said The life and freedom of US journalist Tucker Carlson might be in danger, CIA whistleblower and host of the RT program Deep State John Kiriakou has said. Carlson claimed on Saturday that the CIA is preparing a criminal referral against him to the US Justice Department. “What’s that crime? Well, talking to people in Iran before the war. They read my texts,” he said in a video published on X. The former Fox News star said that he will “apparently” be charged under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. However, he added that he does not “expect this to go anywhere” because he has “never taken money” from another country. On a new episode of Deep State, which aired the same day and was dedicated to Carlson, Kiriakou said: “I have to tell you, I'm genuinely worried for his safety.” “Tucker is one of those rare truth tellers. He speaks whatever happens to be on his mind, but it’s...
She and her teammates are allowed to compete under their national flag after years of bans and restrictions Russian skier Varvara Voronchikhina won her second gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Paralympics on Saturday, taking the women’s standing slalom. She had earlier won the super-G and claimed silver and bronze in the giant slalom and downhill. This year’s event marks the first Paralympics where Russian athletes have been allowed to compete under their national flag after years of bans and restrictions in international sport. Competing at her first Paralympic Games, Voronchikhina is also a two-time world champion, including in the super-G in 2021. Ahead of Sunday’s closing ceremony, Russia has climbed to fifth in the medal table with nine medals. Read more WATCH German athletes snub Russian Paralympic champions Skier Anastasia Bagiyan won gold in the women’s sprint on Tuesday, while Aleksey Bugaev took bronze in the men’s downhill standing event. The Russian Paralympic team...
Hon. James Boasberg said a “mountain of evidence suggests” the legal summons was meant to pressure the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates A US federal judge, James Boasberg, has quashed subpoenas issued by the Justice Department against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, according to court documents unsealed on Friday. The ruling is a major blow to US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized Powell for not lowering interest rates. The subpoenas issued in January relate to Powell’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in June 2025 on cost overruns tied to the Fed’s building renovations. The project’s latest estimate of $2.5 billion is about $600 million higher than a 2022 figure of $1.9 billion, according to the Fed. The ruling has also stalled Senate consideration of Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nominee to replace Powell when his term ends on May 15. Read more Powell vs Trump: The Fed is trying to defend a principle already lost Judge James Boasberg said th...