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The first of a group of 60 US diplomats who have been expelled from Russia in the wake of the poisoned spy row depart in buses from the American embassy in Moscow. IMAGES
France's National Assembly passes a bill designed to combat foreign interference, including a trial allowing intelligence services to use algorithmic surveillance techniques, currently reserved for counter-terrorism, for this purpose. IMAGES
Police patrol and stand by Moscow's "Wall of Grief", a bronze monument to Soviet-era repression and a site that has become a makeshift memorial for opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison on February 16. Among the flowers left at the site is a bouquet with a message that reads: "One for All. Forgive us." 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