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Russia will compete in Maccabiah games despite Paralympics ban

The tournament will be held in Israel next year

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General view of the opening ceremony of the 16th Maccabiah games, or Jewish Olympics, at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium 16 July 2001. Two Palestinians were killed earlier in the day while preparing a bomb near the stadium, with Israel on alert for attacks as latest diplomatic steps to halt the bloodshed failed to make headway. AFP PHOTO/Menahem KAHANA (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and Russia's chief Rabbi Berel Lazar attend a ceremony marking the handover of the Schneerson library at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre in Moscow, on June 13, 2013 . Putin expressed today hope that the problem of a disputed Jewish archive, known in Russia as the Schneerson library, claimed by the United States was finally put to rest as he visited the rare collection in the newly opened Jewish Museum in Moscow. AFP PHOTO / YURI KADOBNOV (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia chief rabbi and Putin ally condemns violence in Ukraine

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Is this the death knell for the Pax Americana?

Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

Is this the death knell for the Pax Americana?

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