RUSSIAN FORCES TO STAY IN MALI TO FIGHT TERRORISM: KREMLIN. (PHOTO).
Russian forces to stay in Mali to fight terrorism: Kremlin The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the country's government battle terrorists following an offensive over the weekend by Tuareg-led separatists and terrorists. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the statement after being asked by a reporter how Russia responded to a purported statement from the terrorists saying they wanted Russia to leave Mali. "Russia's presence there is, in fact, due to the need identified by the current government. Russia will continue, including in Mali, to combat extremism, terrorism and other harmful phenomena and will continue to provide assistance to the current government," said Peskov, AFP reported. The Russian Defence Ministry had claimed on Tuesday that units of its African Corps prevented an attempted coup on April 25, 2026 in Mali. It said in a statement that the African Corps units "inflicted irreparable losses" on superior ...
Yesterday yuesday,a new system of match observers monitoring incidents of racism and discrimination at 2018 World Cup qualifiers was announced by FIFA.The system will be co-ordinated bt world soccer's ruling body and implemented in co-operation with the European anti-discrimination organisation FARE.Any incidents of discrimination or racism will be reported to FIFA which has pledged to impose disciplinary sanctions on any countries involved.The implementation of the new system is particularly apt as racism is life in soccer in Russia,hosts of the 2018 world cup.More than 200 incidents were committed by Russian fans between 2012 and 2014 according to a recent report by the Sova center,a Moscow based racism monitory group.Last month FIFA President Sepp Blatter said ''A lot of work needs to be done to wife the scourge of racism and discrimination from Russian Soccer and the game in general.FIFA and European soccer governing body UEFA have often imposed relatively small punishments when incidents have occured in the past.
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