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The European Union condemns Russia's sentencing of opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in jail on "politically motivated charges". SOUNDBITE
Following a closed-door trial, a Russian court announces it finds Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza guilty of high treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an "undesirable organisation", resulting in a 25 year jail sentence. IMAGES
German investigators raid a property belonging to a Russian oligarch suspected of tax evasion and breaking EU sanctions, with sources naming billionaire Alisher Usmanov as the target. Around 250 officers were involved in the raids, with the alleged tax evasion amounting to 550 million euros ($545 million), according to a report in Der Spiegel magazine. IMAGES of police outside of a raided property of a Russian oligarch in Tegernsee, Germany
Leaders of the three parties that will form Germany's next government, the Social Democrats, Greens and liberal FDP party pose for a family photo. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is greeted by Russia's Vladimir Putin with a bouquet of flowers in Moscow on the anniversary of a nerve-agent attack on now-jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, whose life was saved by Berlin doctors. The pair are expected to discuss the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the simmering war in eastern Ukraine and the authoritarian crackdown in Russian-allied Belarus. IMAGES
Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart Heiko Maas hold a bilateral meeting in Moscow. IMAGES
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