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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has taken a softer line on the Ukraine crisis than fellow NATO and EU members. IMAGES
Images show Chinese president Xi Jinping meeting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on the second, main day of his visit to Russia. During their meeting, Xi described Beijing and Moscow as "great neighbouring powers" and "strategic partners," saying China would "prioritise" ties with Russia. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Sochi ahead of trilateral talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev a month after the worst clashes between the two countries since their war in 2020. Moscow is seeking to reassert its role as a key powerbroker between the Caucasus arch-foes amid the growing Western engagement in the region, where Russia -- distracted by its war in Ukraine -- is visibly losing influence after decades of domination. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Astana, on the sidelines of the Sixth Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. The meeting comes after recent fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, in which Russia declined to intervene militarily despite its collective security pact with Armenia. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow as all eyes are on Putin's next move as Moscow announced he will oversee a weekend drill of "strategic forces" -- ballistic and cruise missiles. IMAGES