The outraged Russian reaction to the IOC’s decision has been fuelled by comparisons with the great national triumph in the second world war, according to The Guardian's Shaun Walker.
Moscow believes the transfer of U.S. lethal weapons to Ukraine will not contribute to the Donbas conflict settlement, according to the Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, as reported by an UNIAN correspondent in Russia.
The Ukrainian authorities have commented on the Russia-controlled de-facto "supreme court" in the annexed Crimea handing down Sept. 11 a guilty verdict against Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Akhtem Chiygoz.