The Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation Pavel Kolobkov believes that now there is no need to make hasty conclusions regarding 298 Russian athletes suspected by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Kolobkov's statement leads the press service of the department.

A Russian citizen died in Finland at the Nokian Tires IRONMAN Finland triathlon competition.

Taiwan extends visa-free regime for citizens of the Russian Federation for another year. The island’s foreign ministry said this on Tuesday.

The Russian side paid a contribution to the budget of the Council of Europe for 2019, its amount was approximately € 33 million, said CE Secretary-General’s spokesman Daniel Holtgen.