following president alexander lukashenko is brutal crackdown against opposition protests just last week luka shango met with the international hockey federation chief rene fossil who had hoped that the tournaments when he unify rather than divide but now i say hockey is world governing body says quote it's currently impossible to ensure the welfare of the teams and spectators in belarus. and the kremlin's most vocal critic alexei navalny has been jailed for 30 days he was detained. immediately upon his return to russia on sunday after recovering from poisoning by a nerve agent last summer russian prosecutors say he violated the parole terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement and all and his supporters say the charges are politically motivated now germany has joined many other countries in calling for his immediate release. was. let him go chanting of all my supporters outside the police station in him the facility holding a volley doubles as a makeshift courthouse in order to quickly process his case after learning he'd soon be jailed of all he took aim at vladimir putin and urged his backers