7 August, 2024
Oleksandra Pascal, gymnast
🦿 Sasha Pascal, an 8-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, lost her leg in a Russian attack in Odesa in 2022 but refuses to give up on her dream.. 🤸♀️ Training five times a week with a prosthetic leg, her goal is to compete in the Olympic Games and become a gymnastics coach! 💪🇺🇦 Sasha Pascal was a guest at the Ukrainian Olympic House, VoliaSpace, alongside her mother, to share her incredibly inspiring story. The Minister for Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot, and the Ukrainian Ambassador to France, Vadym Omelchenko, met her to express their admiration and support.. Yana Stepanenko, marathon runner
🇺🇦 Yana Stepanenko, 13, lost both her feet in April 2022 during a Russian attack on Kramatorsk.🏃♀️ In 2023, she ra...
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6 August, 2024
📊 French imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) more than doubled in the first half of 2024, despite the European Union’s efforts to reduce its energy dependence on Russia, and even as demand in France fell by 9%. Imports increased from 2 million m³ in the first half of 2023 to 4.4 million m³ during the same period in 2024. Meanwhile, the other two largest importers of Russian gas, Spain and Belgium, saw their imports grow by 1% and decline by 16%, respectively.📉 France imported less gas from the United States, Angola, and Egypt during the same period, while its Russian gas imports surged. Oleh Savytskyi, founder of the NGO Razom We Stand, condemned the absurdity of exemptions benefiting TotalEnergies, which he argues are effectively financing Russia’s war of aggres...
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2 August, 2024
🚨 Shameful! A Russian athlete openly supporting Putin and the invasion of Ukraine, Anzhela Bladtceva, is currently competing in the trampoline event at the #Paris2024 Olympic Games!How can the #IOC turn a blind eye to such blatant violations?❌ Anzhela Bladtceva, who has qualified for the trampoline finals, participated in a pro-war event in Russia in 2023, where the "Z" symbol was prominently displayed.She also "liked" an Instagram post featuring videos and images from the same Russian competition, with the "Z" symbol clearly visible.. 🩸 The International Olympic Committee should never have allowed a Russian athlete supporting the invasion of Ukraine to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games!Photo :...
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