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Fenerbahçe Beko defeated Russia's Zenit for a third straight win on Feb. 6 in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

French point guard Leo Westermann was a high scorer for Fenerbahçe Beko with 13 points in the 73-68 win at Yubileyny Sports Palace of St Petersburg.

The Yellow-Canaries trio of Kostas Sloukas, Jan Vesely and Luigi Datome combined for 34 points for the Istanbul team.

Panathinaikos reached a 2-2 record in the Euroleague beating Zenit in St Petersburg on Thursday, while Olympiakos suffered a third reverse in four games going down at Baskonia on Friday.

A more consistent Panathinaikos secured its first road win of the season, beating Zenit 89-79 after leading for most of the night in Russia.

A 12-year-old girl from Russia died after a fatal accident during a vacation in Turkey. The child's hand was sucked into a water pump in a pool in the popular Bodrum resort, Daily Mail reports.

Alisa Adamova of St. Petersburg spent nearly 15 minutes underwater while her father and a group of tourists desperately tried to save her from drowning.

The younger brother of Moldovan President Igor Dodon has bought 15 per cent of the Russian real estate company Archpley Development, mainly owned by Igor Chaika, son of the Russian General Prosecutor, Yuri Chaika.

Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis expressed concern Thursday over Turkey's destabilizing role in the region.

Moldova's pro-Russian President, Igor Dodon, has called on all members of the huge Moldovan diaspora in Russia to vote in the next Moldovan elections on February 24, 2019, whether or not they have issues with their Russian work and residence permits.

He has promised that Moscow will turn a blind eye to such problems if they come home to vote.

Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik is going to Russia on Sunday, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in the resort of Sochi, where the Russian Grand Prix is taking place.

Red tape and the absence of an investment-friendly environment continue to dog Greece, Fraport Greece chief executive Alexander Zinell testified on Tuesday at the InvestGR forum in Athens.

SAUDI Arabia's official team plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a bird flew into its engine sparking a fire with the World Cup squad on board.

Shocking footage shows bright orange flames billowing from the 12-year-old jet's engines as it approached Rostov airport - where the team will take on Uruguay on Wednesday.

Milorad Dodik, president of Bosnia's Serb-dominated entity, Republika Srpska, and the head of its ruling Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, is attending a three-day Economic Forum in St Petersburg where he will meet President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Dodik's office said.