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Roman Abramovich
personBillionaire oligarch set to receive bids for the club 'this week' Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss claims he has been offered the chance to join a takeover bid for Chelsea. Labour MP Chris Bryant has called for the UK Government to impose sanctions on Abramovich.
Apple
organizationApple, ExxonMobil and Boeing announce steps to withdraw or freeze business in Russia. YouTube blocks Russian channels RT and Sputnik in Europe. Microsoft banned RT from its Windows app store and de-ranked both news sources in Bing.
Joe Biden
personPresident Joe Biden declared Tuesday "the state of the union is strong" Biden called on Congress to pass legislation that would provide billions of dollars for domestic semiconductor production. He announced that the U.S. will join allies in closing off American airspace to all Russian flights.
Congress
organizationThe Ukrainian ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, was a guest of First Lady Jill Biden at his first State of the Union address to Congress. President Biden asked Congress to implement new laws to increase child safety on Facebook, TikTok and other social media platforms.
Elina Svitolina
personElina Svitolina beat Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-1 at the Monterrey Open. The Ukrainian had refused to play after tennis authorities banned Russian and Belarusian players. The decision followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week.
FA Cup
organizationMiddlesbrough beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the FA Cup fifth round. Josh Coburn scored the winner in extra time at the Riverside Stadium. The FA Cup quarter-final draw will take place on Thursday, March 3. England manager Gareth Southgate will be conducting the draw.
Chelsea Football Club
organizationChelsea owner Roman Abramovich confirms he is trying to sell the English Premier League soccer club. The Russian-Israeli billionaire has owned the Blues since 2003 and helped steer the Stamford Bridge club to 19 major trophies. A consortium of billionaires have already made their interest in a deal public.
Lauren Boebert
personBoebert earned 'boos' from the House chamber on Tuesday night when called out Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal while he was talking about cancer-causing burn pits. She previously defended herself late Tuesday evening, writing on the platform that 'When Biden said flag draped coffins I couldn't stay silent' Biden was describing the death of his son Beau Biden, an Iraq War veteran.
Joe Biden
personBiden's speechwriters rewrote the opening lines on Ukraine, but 90 per cent was tired Left-wing domestic rhetoric. Biden is at heart an appeaser, a president who kowtows to America’s enemies. November needs to be the time we send Pelosi into retirement.
Jill Biden
personThe Ukrainian ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, was a guest of First Lady Jill Biden. Joe Biden has travelled to Wisconsin to discuss the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Biden intended to continue to press Congress to act on programs in his stalled Build Back Better legislation.
Alisher Usmanov
personAlisher Usmanov has had his yacht seized by German authorities. The oligarch was hit with a number of sanctions by the European Union this week due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Dilbar was docked in Germany for a refitting job back in October but is now in the possession of the authorities. Everton revealed earlier this week that they had severed ties with the oligarch.
Anastasia Potapova
personElina Svitolina beat Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-1 at the Monterrey Open. Top-seeded Ukrainian decided she could do more for her country by playing. The 27-year-old is donating her prize money to the Ukrainian army.
YouTube
organizationGoogle-owned YouTube, Facebook and TikTok move to ban Russian state media outlets in Europe. YouTube blocks the Russian channels RT and Sputnik in Europe "taking into account the ongoing war in Ukraine"
FA Cup
organizationJust 16 teams remain in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup. Seven of the eight eight ties take place between Tuesday-Thursday this week. There are nine Premier League teams left in the competition.
RT
organizationYouTube, Facebook and TikTok move to ban Russian state media outlets in Europe. Apple is pausing product sales in Russia. DirecTV said it was dropping Russia-backed news network RT from its pay-television packages.
Shell
organizationShell will end all joint ventures with Russian gas giant Gazprom, worth around £2.25billion. Shell has pulled out of the £8billion Nord Stream 2 project. Also withdrew its 27.5 stake in a major liquefied natural (LNG) gas plant. BP has also announced it would abandon its nearly 20 percent stake in the Russian oil giant Rosneft.
Sputnik
organizationGoogle is blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik in Europe. The move follows the European Commission's announcement that it will "ban the Kremlin's media machine" YouTube barred the outlets from being able to monetize their content on the platform.
Daria Kaleniuk
personDaria Kaleniuk: 'Ukrainian women and children are in deep fear' Belarus troops have invaded Ukraine, Kyiv claims as 40-mile convoy of Putin's artillery snakes towards the capital. Comes amid fears Russia will 'use medieval tactics' to bomb the city into submission.
Will Smith
person"CODA" takes top honors at SAG Awards, Will Smith wins; Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain speak out on Ukraine. "Squid Game," the Korean-language thriller that almost literally broke the Internet, won three awards. Helen Mirren was honoured with the lifetime achievement award for her career.
Liverpool
organizationLiverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. Caoimhin Kelleher scored the Reds' ninth penalty of the shootout. Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga missed the decisive penalty. Jurgen Klopp became the first German manager to win the English League Cup.