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The first passenger train arrives in Kherson since Russian forces withdrew from the city on November 11. Arriving with a one hour delay, the train from Kyiv pulled in at ten o’clock as people waved flags from a bridge and relatives waited with flowers on the platform. IMAGES
The United States is aware of Russia's announcement that it will withdraw troops from its border with Ukraine and now awaits Moscow to actually do so, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price says. "We've heard words," Price says during a news briefing in Washington. "I think what we'll be looking for is action." SOUNDBITE
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
Images show Russian President Vladimir Putin welcoming the Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in Moscow for a four-day visit. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Eritrea earlier this year. IMAGES
Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, meets with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, in Moscow. IMAGES
Images of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosting his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Moscow. On December 22, Aremania accused Russian peacekeepers of failing to prevent an "illegal blockade" in Azerbaijan's Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh region which has sparked two wars between the neighbouring nations. IMAGES