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The Russian athlete Aleksanlr Loginov refused to take part in a mass start at the World Cup in the Italian Antholz. About it today, on February 23, reports the Championship with reference to the personal trainer Loginov Alexander Kasperovich. Let s remind that to Loginov and his trainer Kasperovich came with searches Italian police. The reason for the search is that the International Union of Biathlonists again suspected Loginov of violating anti-doping rules. Suspicions arose after Loginov's personal trainer Alexander Kasperovich used someone else's accreditation. It should be noted that Kasperovich admits guilt in use of foreign accreditation, however points out that violation is insignificant and quite often found in the championships. For example, within the same championship the same violation was committed by the French national team. However, no one created excitement in the media on this occasion. Fine for such violation 500 euros. It is noteworthy that the searches at ...

The SpaceX is also working to have the Starship spacecraft's first orbital flight take place before the end of 2020. This was stated by the founder of the company Elon Musk on the social network Twitter. The SpaceX of the company published several photos with the process of assembling a new prototype of the Starship SN1 called the Starship. Musk added that the SpaceX is set to send the first Starship ship into orbital flight this year. He also noted that the company is now making little change to the design of the Faclon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon ships due to the fact that this is associated with increased risk. At the same time Starship development is carried out intensively and the design of prototypes of the ship is constantly changed. The SpaceX is also developing a complex of Starship spacecraft and super-heavy launch vehicle for manned flights beyond Earth orbit. In September 2019, Musk stated that the first Starship flight could take place within six months. As previously ...

Turkish law enforcement authorities arrested two members of the Kurdistan Workers 'Party (PKK), according to Anadolu Ajansi on 17 February. According to journalists, the rebels voluntarily laid down their weapons and surrendered to the authorities. They crossed the border with Syria, where in the ranks of rebels fought the Turkish military, which invaded the territory of a sovereign state. Recall, the Kurdistan Workers 'Party is considered a terrorist organization in Turkey, and its activities in the country are prohibited. The rebels are fighting for the right to establish their o...

Over the past 24 hours, APU violated the ceasefire six times, releasing ten pieces of ammunition on the territory of the DNR, reported on February 17 at the representative office of the DNR in the Joint Monitoring and Coordination Centre (SCCC). Thus, on the Throat, Donetsk and Mariupol directions Ukrainian security forces used RPG and LNG grenade launchers, as well as large-calibre small arms. In the area of shelling from the armed formations of Ukraine were the following districts/settlements: Gorlovka (the village of the Gagari...

Working banks of Ukraine according to the results of the previous year, 2019, received a positive financial result at the level of 59.6 billion UAH. The relevant data was published on February 13 by the Ukrainian National Bank, the correspondent news agency reports. The regulator emphasizes that compared to the record figure for 2018, the profit of Ukrainian banks has now almost tripled. It is reported that the revenues of banks in Ukraine for the last year increased by 19.5% to UAH 244.4 billion, and expenses by only 1.4%, to UAH 184.8 billion. The news agency recalls that after the state...