Russian figure skater

Russia has defended the participation of the teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva at the winter Olympics despite a failed drug test. Our BBC Russian reporter explains what is known about the skater's positive test for a banned heart medication.

We hear from Canada where truckers continue their protest against Covid restrictions and look at what they might have common with the ones being planned or taking place in France, New Zealand and Austria.

One of our regular coronavirus health experts, Marc Mendelson, Professor of Infectious Diseases and Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, answers listener’s coronavirus questions. You can send in a question via WhatsApp on +447730 751925

Ros Atkins looks at Nato’s role in the Ukraine crisis and examines the dynamics at play between Russia and Nato.

(Phone: 2022 Beijing Olympics - Figure Skating - Training - Training Rink Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 11, 2022. Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee during training Credit: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)