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The World Anti-Doping Agency is "pleased" with a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling that leaves Russia banned from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, says WADA director general Olivier Niggli. SOUNDBITE
World Athletics fines Russia's track and field federation $10 million for breaching anti-doping rules and caps at 10 the number of Russians allowed to compete as neutrals at the Tokyo Olympics. SOUNDBITE
Olympic chiefs announce that Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in this summer's Paris Games under a neutral flag will not be able to take part in the opening ceremony. SOUNDBITE
A screen shown at a briefing by Russia's Central Election Commission shows the expected results of the four presidential election candidates. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin is expected to receive 87.85% of the vote, while Communist Party candidate Nikolay Kharitonov comes in at second with 3.86%, New People candidate Vladislav Davankov is projected to receive 3.76%, and far-right Liberal Democratic Party leader Leonid Slutsky is set to get 2.97%. IMAGES
Preparations for voting are underway at a Moscow polling station ahead of Russia's March 15-17 presidential election. The vote is all but certain to hand Vladimir Putin, who has ruled the country since the turn of the century, another six-year term. IMAGES
Wagner's aborted mutiny shows that Moscow's war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, and instability in the nuclear-armed power is "not a good thing", the EU's top diplomat says. SOUNDBITE
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