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The Akademik Lomonosov floating power unit has two KLT-40 naval propulsion nuclear reactors and is to be tugged 3,100 miles from the Barents Sea port city of Murmansk across the Arctic to the remote town of Pevek, located off the Chukchi Sea that separates Russia’s Chukotka region from the U.S. state of Alaska. Activist group Greenpeace has dubbed the ship a “Chernobyl on ice” and a “nuclear Titanic” in an effort to raise awareness about the potential damage it could do to the environment....

“The ageing vehicles, weapons, and Soviet-era tactics used by Russian forces do not lend themselves to quickly regaining or building momentum unless used in overwhelming mass–which Russia is currently unable to bring to bear,” the UK Defence Ministry wrote in an intelligence update on Twitter. Russian troops achieved “no significant territorial advances” over the last 72 hours as of Thursday, according to the ministry. They are also at risk of losing any achievements made following the capture of Lysychansk, even though they continue to carry out artillery strikes across a broad front in the Donbas....

On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country would be conducting a partial mobilization against Ukraine. This news resulted in many citizens attempting to flee the country by car, train and plane to the neighboring nations. According to a report by the Russian news agency TASS, Russia will set up an enlistment office in the section of the Russian and Georgian border in North Ossetia. New rules were announced to address the sharp increase in people attempting to cross the border after a meeting at the Verkhny Lars checkpoint, according to a post on the Ministry of Internal Affairs Telegram channel for the region....

In a Sunday intelligence update, the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence gave an assessment of Russia’s plans after Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s Defense Minister, said on January 17 that he planned to restructure the nation’s armed forces. The planned implementation between 2023 and 2026 would reportedly see an expansion to 1.5 million troops, an 11 percent increase on top of the previously announced enhancement to 1.35 million. But British intelligence has questioned the possibility of meeting the target and said it signaled that Moscow believes there will be a threat for several years to come....

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach announced the measures at a media conference following a summit in Lausanne. MORE: Rio Olympic venues | Russian track team banned Russia and Kenya have both been declared “non-compliant” with the World Anti-Doping Agency’s code and Bach said the IOC had “very serious doubts” over the presumption of innocence for athletes from these countries. “Therefore, each athlete coming from these two countries will have to be declared eligible by the respective international federation following an … individual evaluation,” Bach said....

Coates, Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), made his comments in Melbourne on Friday at the presentation of the gold medal to Australian walker Jared Tallent for the 2012 London Olympics, reports Xinhua news agency. Tallent finished second in the 50-km walk event in London, but was awarded the gold medal on Friday after Russia’s Sergey Kirdyapkin, who came first on that day, was disqualified for doping breaches....

“In accordance with the decision of the IOC Executive Bureau (EB) of July 24th AIBA has carried out an individual analysis of the anti-doping record of each of the 11 Russian boxers qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and submitted its recommendation on their eligibility to the IOC based on the criteria outlined in the IOC EB decision,” an AIBA statement said. “That process is now complete and confirmation has been received from the IOC Review Panel,” the statement added....

It is worth noting that this storage system, which was pictured by Russian media publication CNews is based on a very limited edition CPU from Baikal. Moreover, Twitter user Fritzchens Fritz threw the CPU under an infrared microscope to offer a good look at the internals of the processor. Intel and AMD chips are rarely available in Russia due to the current sanctions, and Baikal never invested in mass-producing the chip....

Colonel Ivan Mertvishchev told the draft officer in the Remanki district in the west of Moscow that he was going to check up on his conscription progress in the autumn draft which started on November 1. The colonel said that even if the documentation for the draft all added up, he would find fault with the recruitment his office was in charge of anyway, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Tuesday....

Ukraine Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) shared the video of the artillery strike on Twitter on Thursday. The Russian howitzers can initially be seen from afar sitting on an empty stretch of land before they are struck and engulfed in smoke and flames. The TDF, a branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that consists of Ukrainian volunteers, wrote in the Twitter post that one of its aerial reconnaissance teams located the howitzers....

This week, the U.S. State Department expelled 10 Russian officials from their diplomatic mission in Washington and the Treasury Department announced that it had implemented sanctions against technology companies that supported the Russian government’s attempts to launch cyberattacks against the U.S. The punitive measures for the 2020 SolarWinds hack and interference in the presidential election, for which the Kremlin denies responsibility annoyed Moskovsky Komsomolets commentator, Mikhail Rostovsky. In a piece headlined “Biden has subjected Putin to gaslighting,” Rostovsky wrote that the short interval between Biden’s offer for a summit with his Russian counterpart and the announcement of the punitive measures demonstrated a “deliberate strategy” by Washington to send “contradictory” signals to Moscow....

Her decision to resign from her role at NTV was reported by independent Russian journalist and well-known blogger Ilya Varlamov. Gildeyeva told Varlamov that she left before submitting her resignation letter, fearing she would not be able to abandon her post at the prominent TV channel. “I left [Russia] first because I was afraid they would not let me go just like that, then I submitted my resignation,” she told Varlamov....

Bush long ago made the most important deals on Cuba through the Soviet Union, making sure that Mikhail Gorbachev cut Cuba progressively adrift. “U.S. policy toward Cuba has been very successful,” says Bernard Aronson, assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs. Cuba’s economy is in ruins and Castro exhorts his people: “Socialism or death!” Everything from newsprint to electricity is in short supply in Cuba. And Bush can afford to quietly let the embargo do its work....

Abbas might as well have ripped up the U.S.-backed Roadmap, the three-phase peace plan that was supposed to lead to the creation of a Palestinian state in two years. Although Abbas could return to form a new government at Arafat’s behest, Palestinian officials close to him say the chances are very slim. His resignation leaves the Bush administration groping to put its peace policy back on track, even as it contends with an Israeli government determined to intensify “all-out war” against militant groups....

Thanks to the win, Kochi Blue Spikers moved to the top two spot in the points table. The Blue Spikers have four points from two matches and are sitting pretty in the second position. The Calicut Heroes team is at the top, with four points from two matches. Olympic gold medal winner David Lee got 10 points, including 7 spikes and 2 blocks for the Kochi side. On the other hand, Victor Syosev was the top scorer for the losing Ahmedabad Defenders team with 13 points (11 spikes and 2 blocks)....

RUSH, the movie based on the epic rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt, has been receiving rave reviews. But as is always the case with art, the movie took a few liberties with regards to the facts. Here we have a look at the 5 most significant errors in the movie. The Graveyard In the very first scene of the movie, when the rivalry was being introduced to the audience, one of the reporters says that Nurburgring was known as “The Graveyard”....

Seattle struck first as running back Thomas Rawls rushed for a touchdown for the third straight game filling in for Marshawn Lynch. Wilson then added his first rushing touchdown of the season on an 8-yard run to give the Seahawks a commanding 14-0 lead before making it 21-0 with a 20-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Doug Baldwin just a minute later. MORE: Best photos from Week 13 | Seahawks v....

The Seahawks quarterback was responding to a comment made by Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers after Green Bay’s victory against Seattle on Sunday night. MORE: Rodgers through the years | Is God a football fan? In this sense, perhaps “I know for me, I’m just grateful that God has given me the opportunity to play the great game of football, Wilson said (via ESPN) Thursday. “I’m so grateful. I know that one of the things my parents always taught me is just continue to remain humble in your victories and your losses....

The star quarterback didn’t just take his famous lady-friend Ciara to a beautiful tropical island, the couple posted tons of pictures to let us know how awesome their life is away from the spotlight. MORE: Each NFL team’s fatal flaw | Ray Rice’s thoughts on Greg Hardy photos Seriously, are you ready to be a little bit jealous? A photo posted by Russell Wilson (@dangerusswilson) on Nov 7, 2015 at 6:42pm PST...

A London-based science analytics company, Airfinity, told the Associated Press that it estimates Russia agreed to give 630 million doses of its homegrown vaccine to more than 100 countries but has exported only 11.5 million doses so far. Moscow announced three deals totaling 260 million doses with Chinese vaccine companies in the past few weeks. The doses could reach countries in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa more quickly as a result of the partnership....