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Kremlin critic Boris Nadezhdin submits the documents to Russia's Central Election Commission needed to register as a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections in March. The would-be challenger to Vladimir Putin shot to fame with promises to end the conflict in Ukraine and the previous week announced he had passed the 100,000 signature threshold to register. Russia's Central Election Commission will review his application and make a decision about whether he can run. IMAGES
French expats living in Moscow cast their ballots in the presidential run-off between centrist incumbent Emmanuel Macron and his challenger Marine Le Pen, after a fractious campaign that has seen the far right come its closest yet to winning power. IMAGES
Russian president Vladimir Putin holds a press conference with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Moscow, as Macron visits the Russian capital amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
US President Trump arrives at the official residence of President Sauli Niinisto of Finland ahead of his talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Russians voted Sunday in an election set to hand President Vladimir Putin a fourth Kremlin term, as the country is embroiled in a crisis with Britain and its allies over a spy poisoning. IMAGES of Vladimir Putin voting
A Russian court sentences former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev to eight years in a penal colony for taking a $2-million bribe from an ally of President Vladimir Putin. Ulyukayev is the highest-ranking official arrested in Putin's 17 years in power. IMAGES