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Russia has already accused the West of using its civilian space infrastructure to support the operations of the Ukrainian troops, including for combat strikes, and detecting the locations of Vladimir Putin's army and its movements.
<img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1681117338171-a743f93f4aa2?ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MXxzZWFyY2h8MTV8fGJlc3QlMjBvbmxpbmUlMjByZWFkaW5nJTIwcHJvZ3JhbXMlMjBmb3IlMjBzdHJ1Z2dsaW5nJTIwcmVhZGVyc3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3NTU4NTM3ODl8MA\u0026ixlib=rb-4.1.0"; style="max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;" alt="Man reading bible on a sofa." />VATICAN CITY, April 9 (Reuters) - Pope Francis appeared to ask Russians to seek the truth about their country's invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world on Sunday and appealed for dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians following recent violence.
The network, which has been described as Vladimir Putin's 'personal propaganda tool', was previously fined £200,000 for 'serious and repeated' breaches of impartiality rules over a string of 2018 broadcasts on the Salisbury poisonings and the Syrian war.
'This is a club that piles up the stars like a spoiled child, without concern for a coherent sporting plan. This is a club that dreams so big that it feels like the season starts in February while it despises domestic trophies,' the Collectif Ultras Paris (CUP) said in February.
The TV watchdog said RT's licensee, ANO TV Novosti, is 'not fit and proper' to hold a licence amid 29 ongoing investigations into the 'due impartiality of the news and current affairs coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine'.
Since taking over the club at the outset of the 2011-12 season, Qatar Sports Investment (QSI) have overseen a transfer spend amounting to close to £1.5bn. The signings of Neymar and Mbappe caused great excitement at the time, but supporters this season have rounded on the wild spending.
In his message Francis also mentioned instability in Lebanon, expressed the hope that the "martyred Rohingya people" of Myanmar "may encounter justice", and called for more aid for the victims of earthquakes in February that killed nearly 56,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
Ligue 1 is by no means wrapped up, particularly with a home clash against second-placed Lens to come on April 15, though the apathy that has set in post-European exit begs the question: does anyone really care?
A statement released by the regulator on Friday said: 'We consider the volume and potentially serious nature of the issues raised within such a short period to be of great concern - especially given RT's compliance history, which has seen the channel fined £200,000 for previous due impartiality breaches.
Neymar's injury, suffered in a rousing comeback win against Lille in late February, did not help proceedings, but such has been the collapse in his stock among supporters that his absence was not mourned as one might expect.
As he has done every Easter, Francis called for peace in the Middle East, his appeal made more urgent by recent violence in Jerusalem and cross-border exchanges of fire involving Israel, Lebanon and Syria.
There, from the same spot where he first appeared to the world as pope on the night of his election in 2013, he spoke of "the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped", and prayed to God for peace.
The Argentine Messi has suffered a similar dip to Neymar. He was enjoying by far his best period in a PSG shirt prior to Qatar, scoring a goal every 138 minutes and grabbing a goal involvement (either a goal or assist) every 64 minutes.
Since the World Cup, those minutes have grown exponentially to 210 and 140.
Between the Mass and his reading of the message, Francis, appearing in fine form, was driven in a popemobile around the square and down the main boulevard leading to the River Tiber so more people could see him.
But the traditional pomp and sacred singing then gave way to modern realities. Francis later went up to the central balcony of St.
Peter's Basilica to deliver his twice-yearly "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message and blessing, addressing a crowd the Vatican estimated at about 100,000.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, Francis has at least twice a week referred to Ukraine and its people as being "martyred" and has used words such as aggression and atrocities to describe Russia's actions.
Mbappe was the crown prince in Russia four years prior but was Didier Deschamps' main man in Qatar; it would be Messi's last chance at claiming the prize he craved most and Neymar's legacy, tainted, some argue, by his decision to move to Paris in 2017, rested on his showings in the Middle East.
A carpet of 38,000 flowers donated by the Netherlands bedecked the square for the most important and joyous date in the Church's liturgical calendar - commemorating the day Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead.
There is no doubt that the club's production of youth talent has suffered as a result of their attempts at building a Champions League-winning team at the expense of a long-term project.
The ultras themselves have bemoaned as much this season.