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Added on the 03/04/2023 18:31:11 - Copyright : France 24 EN
People gather in Moscow ahead of the funeral of a high-profile military blogger and staunch supporter of Moscow's assault on Ukraine, Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed an explosion at a cafe in Russia's second city, Saint Petersburg, on April 2nd. IMAGES
Mourners attend a farewell ceremony for Daria Dugina, daughter of Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin, after she was killed in a car bombing on August 21. Russia's FSB security services blame Ukraine for the attack, which is thought to have been targeted at Dugin, an outspoken ultranationalist intellectual and a vocal supporter of the Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine. A Ukrainian presidential adviser has denied that the Kyiv authorities were behind the bombing. IMAGES
Police gather in Moscow as a rally to protest against Russian military action in Ukraine is expected to start. They patrol and can be seen arresting two people, carrying them away towards parked police vans. IMAGES
Preparations for voting are underway at a Moscow polling station ahead of Russia's March 15-17 presidential election. The vote is all but certain to hand Vladimir Putin, who has ruled the country since the turn of the century, another six-year term. IMAGES
Darya Trepova, a 26-year-old accused of killing a military blogger and supporter of Moscow's Ukraine offensive, appears in court for her case's first hearing. Russian investigators say Ukraine orchestrated the attack on Vladlen Tatarsky, which took place at a cafe in Saint Petersburg in April. Trepova is alleged to have gifted Tatarsky a statuette, which exploded minutes later, killing the blogger and wounding more than 30 others. Ukraine has denied involvement and blamed domestic infighting for the killing. IMAGES
Images show Russian military as part of a peacekeeping force at a checkpoint on the Lachin Corridor in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh now stands practically empty after almost all ethnic Armenians fled the self-proclaimed republic following Azerbaijan's lightning military offensive in late September. IMAGES