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Added on the 11/03/2022 17:55:57 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a video call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. IMAGES
Hundreds attend a rally organised by Russia's Communist Party (KPRF) to demand "fair and clean elections". In a predictable March 18 presidential election, Communist candidate, Pavel Grudinin, is likely to be runner-up to President Vladimir Putin, though he lags far behind in state-run opinion polls at around seven percent. IMAGES
Russian pranksters say they impersonated Russian President Vladimir Putin in a hoax phone call to British singer Elton John. Vanessa Johnston reports.
The United States accuses Russia of extortion at the expense of the developing world after it demanded Ukrainian security guarantees on its Crimea fleet for preserving a secure corridor to export grain. "What you're describing appears to be either collective punishment or collective extortion," State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in a video conference call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Chinese President Xi Jiping about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
The cathedrals of Notre-Dame in Paris and Saint-Jean in Lyon ring their bells to call for peace in Europe, as do several other cathedrals around Europe. IMAGES