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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, meets with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, ahead of trilateral talks with Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, a month after the worst clashes between the two countries since their war in 2020. The talks come after Putin's initial head-to-head with Pashinyan, where the Armenian leader thanked Moscow for its ongoing peacekeeping missions in the region. Russia is seeking to reassert its role as a key powerbroker between the Caucasus arch-foes as Western engagement in the region grows and Moscow -- distracted by its war in Ukraine -- is visibly losing influence after decades of domination. IMAGES COMPLETES EN32MH7E9
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 his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and his Mongolian counterpart Ukhnaa Khurelsukh during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet for talks in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi. Erdogan has tried to thrust Turkey -- on good terms with both Moscow and Kyiv -- into the centre of diplomatic efforts to try and halt the five-month war in Ukraine. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.