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Added on the 02/04/2018 15:06:30 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show the Czech embassy in Moscow, as 20 Czech diplomats prepare to leave Russia having been declared "persona non grata" in a tit-for-tat move after Prague's "unprecedented" decision to expel 18 Russian diplomats identified as secret agents. The Czech diplomats must leave the country by the end of Monday. IMAGES
Moscow cemetery staff work ahead of the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The ceremony comes two weeks after Navalny died in an Arctic prison. His supporters accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of murdering his top critic and of trying to prevent him from having a dignified public burial. IMAGES
Images of Iceland's flag being removed from its Moscow embassy after the country announces it will suspend work at its embassy in Russia as of August 1. IMAGES of flag being removed from Iceland's Moscow embassy
Around 400 pro-Kremlin activists demonstrate in Moscow in front of the US embassy on the ninth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. The youth movement "Molodaya gvardia" ("The Young Guard") is protesting against 20 countries considered "unfriendly" to Russia, including the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Russia's annexation of Crimea on 18 March 2014 brought a barrage of international sanctions, which have been severely tightened since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine. IMAGES
State leaders from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Moscow-led military alliance in Eurasia, take a group photo ahead of a summit in Armenia, Erevan. IMAGES