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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Moscow to discuss what the Russian leader described as an "escalation" in the Middle East. The meeting late Wednesday comes at a time when Russia, which saved Assad's government through its military intervention in 2015 during a civil war, could mediate to defuse tensions between Syria and Turkey. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Hanoi, Vietnam, where he will pay a working visit after a stop in North Korea, where he signed a mutual defence pact with leader Kim Jong Un. Putin's trip to Vietnam is set to deepend ties between Moscow and Hanoi, according to Russian news agencies. IMAGES
A screen shown at a briefing by Russia's Central Election Commission shows the expected results of the four presidential election candidates. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin is expected to receive 87.85% of the vote, while Communist Party candidate Nikolay Kharitonov comes in at second with 3.86%, New People candidate Vladislav Davankov is projected to receive 3.76%, and far-right Liberal Democratic Party leader Leonid Slutsky is set to get 2.97%. 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
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
Around 150 people protest outside the Russian embassy in the Latvian capital Riga, as Russian citizens vote in a presidential election set to hand Vladimir Putin another six years in the Kremlin. Putin, a 71-year-old former KGB agent, has been in power since the last day of 1999 and is set to extend his grip over the country until at least 2030. IMAGES
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