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Players from belarus and russia is now barred. the kremlin says the action is unacceptable and the tournament will suffer. well, from one of ukraine s leading tennis voices, a different perspective. it is another sign for russia that they are wrong, that they have to stop and we are thankful for this and thankful for all of the help and the weapons we get to survive and to keep fighting. but there is some strong opposition in tennis. the atp, which runs the men s tour, says the unilateral decision by wimbledon on the lawn tennis association to exclude playerfrom russia and belarus is unfair and has the potential to set a damaging precedent for the game. the international olympic committee has urged sporting federations worldwide to exclude competitors from russia and belarus. in some sports, they have continued to compete as neutrals. at wimbledon, they have decided that neutrality is not an option. joe wilson, bbc news,
Lubov chernukhin has donated large sums to the conservatives, to play tennis with david cameron and borisjohnson, and £135,000 for a night out with theresa may and members of the cabinet. she is reportedly on a secret advisory board of ultra wealthy tory donors with access to party leaders. her husband, vladimir chernukhin, is a businessman and former deputy finance minister who fled russia after being dismissed by president putin in 2004. two years ago, we revealed how he had been secretly funded with $8 million by a russian oligarch from putin s in a circle. the oligarch, now subject to uk, us and eu sanctions is suleiman kerimov. he denied having any dealings with mrs chernukhin whatsoever. now, in a leak of documents to the bbc and the international consortium of investigativejournalists, new information has come to light which raises questions about that.