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Dozens of protesters holding signs critical of the Kremlin demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Paris, heeding opposition calls to demonstrate against President Vladimir Putin on the last day of the country's presidential vote. Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who lives in exile in France after protesting the offensive in Ukraine on Russian state TV, is in attendance, telling AFP they want to "to show all the world we are against Putin." IMAGES
Dozens of people stage an election day protest outside the Russian Embassy in London, with many in the British capital heeding opposition calls to demonstrate against Vladimir Putin on the third day of Russia's presidential vote. Having barred candidates critical of the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, Putin is running virtually unchallenged and his re-election appears all but inevitable. IMAGES
A group of unidentified anti-Russian protesters attack Moscow's embassy in Kiev, Ukraine to protest Russia's plans to hold elections in Crimea, annexed by Moscow. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Hundreds gather outside the Russian embassy in Berlin to protest against Russia's invasion in Ukraine on the last day of a presidential election guaranteed to see Vladimir Putin win another six-year term. IMAGES
People In Russia's former imperial capital, Saint Petersburg, gather in the streets to protest against president Vladimir Putin's decree on a partial military mobilisation in the country, with Russian police arresting a few of the demonstrators. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia would initially mobilise some 300,000 reservists, after Putin warned in a televised address Russia would use all available military means in Ukraine. IMAGES