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But the growing movement of Russian women underscores the complexity and innate inequality of keeping so many men at war for so long while many more of fighting age remain at home. It is too soon to assess the size or impact of the movement of Russian women in a society which the authorities say is united behind the war effort. Women in Ukraine have also demanded their men be allowed back from the front. When Putin ordered a partial mobilisation of 300,000 reservists in September 2022, hundreds of thousands of young men rushed to leave Russia. Petitions to bring their men back produced almost no response, and Russia's defence ministry has barely engaged with the women, Andreeva said.

Persons: Maria Andreeva, Yulia Morozova, Vladimir Putin, Andreeva, Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Vitaly Milonov, Milonov, Guy Faulconbridge, Timothy Organizations: State Duma, REUTERS, Kremlin, Reuters, Russia's Security, New, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, MOSCOW, Soviet Union, Chechnya, Andreeva, Western

Steenkamp's family believes he intended to shoot the 29-year-old model and law graduate after becoming enraged in a nighttime argument. Pistorius' parole comes 10 years after the killing. Matthews noted that Pistorius' parole was granted a day before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Steenkamp family lawyer Tania Koen encapsulated it when she spoke about Pistorius' possible release earlier this year and if it was right. She said that no prison sentence for him, no matter how long, would ever really make any difference to Steenkamp's family after her death.

Persons: Oscar Pistorius, Reeva Steenkamp, Pistorius, didn't, he’s, —, Reeva, Steenkamp, Reeva's, Barry Steenkamp, “, ”, Barry, Rob Matthews, Matthews, Tania Koen, ” Koen Organizations: —, of Corrections, South Africa's, Women, AP Locations: CAPE, South Africa, Pretoria, U.S, South, africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Barry Steenkamp, the father of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman who was fatally shot by Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius, has died, a family spokesperson said Friday. A foundation set up by the Steenkamp family in memory of Reeva said Barry Steenkamp died in his sleep on Thursday evening. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden and peaceful passing of Barry Steenkamp,” the foundation said in a statement on its Facebook page. At that meeting, Steenkamp said he urged Pistorius to confess that he had intentionally shot Reeva in rage after an argument. Barry Steenkamp wasn't able to attend because of poor health, family spokesperson Koen said at the time.

Persons: — Barry Steenkamp, Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius, Tania Koen, Barry Steenkamp's, Reeva, Barry Steenkamp, “ Barry, Pistorius, Steenkamp, “, Oscar, ” Barry Steenkamp, ”, Barry Steenkamp wasn't, Koen, ___ Organizations: Paralympic, British, Daily Mail, Pistorius, AP Locations: CAPE, South Africa, Pistorius, AP Africa, africa

☆ Gauff downs fellow teen Andreeva to reach U.S. Open third round
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - August 30, 2023 Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her second round match against Russia's Mirra Andreeva REUTERS/Mike Segar Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) - American sixth seed Coco Gauff delivered a convincing 6-3 6-2 win over Russia's Mirra Andreeva on Wednesday in a battle of teenage talents to reach the third round of the U.S. Open. The 19-year-old Gauff said she took a more aggressive approach into her second meeting with Andreeva after having to rally back to beat the Russian in three sets at this year's French Open. Andreeva, 16, has relished the Grand Slam stage in her debut season on tour having reached the third round at the French Open and fourth round at Wimbledon but was not able to conjure up similar magic in New York. Up next for Gauff will be a clash with Belgian 32nd seed Elise Mertens, who was a 3-6 7-6(7) 6-1 winner over American Danielle Collins in a match that lasted nearly three hours. Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Russia's Mirra Andreeva, Mike Segar, Andreeva, Arthur Ashe, Gauff, I've, Laura Siegemund, Elise Mertens, Danielle Collins, Frank Pingue, Toby Davis Organizations: Tennis, Russia's Mirra Andreeva REUTERS, Russia's, U.S ., Wimbledon, Belgian, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, American, Washington, Cincinnati, New York, Toronto

☆ Teenager Andreeva's Wimbledon run not soured by 'controversial' point penalty
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

World number 102 Andreeva was handed a point penalty after her racket flew out of her hand at 5-2 in the decider, giving match point to Keys in Monday's clash. The Russian maintained that Azemar Engzell had come to the wrong decision, saying: "For me, she didn't do a right decision. I kind of didn't expect to go that far in Wimbledon because first time on grass, I had no experience at all. We will see if I really can..."After this tournament I will take some days off just to relax and not to play tennis. I don't want to play tennis for a few days, for sure.

Persons: Madison Keys, Toby Melville LONDON, Mirra Andreeva, Louise Azemar Engzell, Andreeva, I'm, Engzell, Aadi Nair, Ken Ferris Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Madison, U.S, REUTERS, Wimbledon, Madison Keys, Lausanne, WTA, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Wimbledon, Bengaluru

☆ Keys ends Andreeva's dream run to reach second Wimbledon quarter-final
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The 28-year-old Keys began the match in typically aggressive fashion, firing off powerful returns and groundstrokes to break serve and go 2-0 ahead. The breaker seemed to take the wind out of Andreeva's sails. Keys stormed into an early 2-0 lead in the third set after the Russian double faulted in her opening service game, before finishing off her opponent in a shade over two hours. In her second quarter-final at Wimbledon, Keys will face either second-seeded Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka or another Russian in Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 21st seed. Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Madison Keys, Russia's Mirra Andreeva, Toby Melville LONDON, Anna Kournikova, Keys, groundstrokes, Andreeva, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Aadi Nair, Ken Ferris Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Madison, Wimbledon, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Russian, Bengaluru

☆ Swiatek serves up double bagel as Gauff, Rune advance
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, June 3 (Reuters) - Defending champion Iga Swiatek continued her imperious march towards a third French Open title in four years with a 6-0 6-0 humiliation of Wang Xinyu on Saturday to reach the fourth round. Gauff ended the run of fellow teenager Mirra Andreeva with a 6-7(5) 6-1 6-1 victory, recovering from a tough start against the 16-year-old Russian. Swiatek was in dazzling form on Saturday, dishing out a double bagel to Wang - the fourth time she has won a set 6-0 in the first three rounds. In the men's draw, Holger Rune took a step closer to becoming Denmark's first male Grand Slam singles champion when he powered past Argentine qualifier Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 6-1 6-3. In the distance is a possible repeat of last year's quarter-finals as Norway's Casper Ruud overcame a slow start to down Zhang Zhizhen of China 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4 and reach the fourth round.

Persons: Iga Swiatek, Wang Xinyu, Coco Gauff, Gauff, Mirra, Swiatek, Wang, Elena Rybakina, Sara Sorribes Tormo, I'm, Rybakina, Holger Rune, Denmark's, Genaro Alberto Olivieri, Norway's Casper Ruud, Zhang Zhizhen, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Ed Osmond Organizations: Wimbledon, Argentine, Thomson Locations: China, Paris

☆ Hitting ball into crowd was a 'stupid move', says Andreeva
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"Right after, I thought that it was a really stupid move from me, because it was not necessary to do that," Andreeva told a press conference. Yes, I had thoughts like this (that she could be defaulted), but he (the umpire) just gave me a warning." "I realised that I could really win this match. "I remember I got fined like seven grand after breaking the racquet here in the quarter-finals two or three years ago. So I was like, I'm not wasting seven grand again.

Persons: Andreeva, Coco Gauff, Suzanne Lenglen, Andreeva's, Gauff, I've, Julien Pretot, Clare Fallon Organizations: Thomson Locations: Russian

☆ Russian Andreeva, 15, stuns Fernandez in Madrid
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

April 27 (Reuters) - Russian 15-year-old Mirra Andreeva became the third-youngest player to win a main draw match at a WTA 1000 event by stunning 2021 U.S. Open finalist Leylah Fernandez 6-3 6-4 in the opening round of the Madrid Open on Wednesday. Andreeva, ranked 194th in the world, saved five of the six break points she faced against world number 49 Fernandez of Canada. She will face Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia in the second round later on Thursday at the claycourt tournament. Andreeva said she had needed time to recover from her defeat in the Australian Open girls' final earlier this year, where she lost the match after winning the first set. "My coach said to me after maybe five years you will not even remember that you played the Australian Open final or against who.

Summary Pistorius to appear at parole hearing next year - authoritiesMother of Reeva Steenkamp against release"Blade Runner" gained global fame for Paralympic titlesJOHANNESBURG, March 31 (Reuters) - Former South Africa Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been denied parole, South Africa's prison authorities and a lawyer for the victim's family said on Friday. "Come August 2024, he would have reached the minimum detention period, then the (parole) board will make a decision," prison spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo told a media briefing. [1/7] Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius leaves court after appearing for the 2013 killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, June 14, 2016. He was not available to comment after Pistorius was denied parole. The basis for his argument for Pistorius' parole consideration was that "there doesn't seem to be any negative factors precluding his being released on parole because he meets the requirements of the department in terms of their policies and procedures".

☆ South Africa's Pistorius seeks early release 10 years after killing girlfriend
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JOHANNESBURG, March 31 (Reuters) - Former South Africa paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will ask a parole board on Friday to release him early from prison, lawyers and prison officials said. Pistorius, behind bars for almost seven years, became eligible for parole after serving half of his 13-year prison sentence. The closed-door parole board meeting is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) at the Atteridgeville prison near capital Pretoria. The independent parole board must determine, among other issues, whether Pistorius is at risk of committing similar crimes in the future, prison spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said. Pistorius' lawyer, Julian Knight, told Reuters he was not in a "position to comment until such time as the Parole Board has made a decision".

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