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Local election commission members count ballots after the referendum on the joining Russia, at a polling station in Novosibirsk, Russia. The people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR, LPR), as well as the Russian-controlled parts of the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson voted at referendum on joining Russia from September 23 to 27.

27.09.2022#8284544

Police and paramedics work at the scene of a shooting at school No. 88 in Izhevsk, Russia. At least nine people, including five children, are killed after an unidentified attacker opened fire in a school in the central Russian city of Izhevsk.

26.09.2022#8283810

A man casts his ballot during the referendum on the joining of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic to Russia, at a mobile polling station in Moscow, Russia. The people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR, LPR), as well as the Russian-controlled parts of the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson launch referendum procedures on joining Russia that will run through September 27.

23.09.2022#8281224

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.N. General Assembly President Csaba Korosi pose for a picture during their meeting on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly Session in New York City, the United States. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

21.09.2022#8279855

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives for a meeting with heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Moscow, Russia.

19.09.2022#8277785

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan talk to the media during a briefing following their meeting, in Yerevan, Armenia.

18.09.2022#8277331

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks to the media during a briefing following her meeting with Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan, in Yerevan, Armenia.

18.09.2022#8277275

Russian President Vladimir Putin waits before the meeting in narrow format of the 22nd Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of State Council (SCO-HSC) Summit, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

16.09.2022#8275729

Pope Francis meets with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral workers in Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Cathedral in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

15.09.2022#8274706

A woman casts her ballot during the elections of members of local governing bodies in Moscow, Russia. Elections at various levels, dubbed the single voting day, are taking place in 81 regions throughout the country from September 9 to 11.

10.09.2022#8271479

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Li Zhanshu on the sidelines of the 2022 Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russia.

07.09.2022#8270065

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Thailand's Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai attend a joint news conference following their meeting in Moscow, Russia.

06.09.2022#8268961

Deputy head of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev attends a memorial service for Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, at the Column Hall of the House of Unions in Moscow, Russia

03.09.2022#8266187

In this handout video grab released by the Russian Defence Ministry, warships of the Pacific Fleet are seen during deployment as part of the Vostok 2022 annual strategic military drills in the waters of Japanese sea, in Vladivostok, Russia. The drills will run on September 1-7 under the command of Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov in order to work out issues of ensuring military security in the Eastern region. The Vostok 2022 strategic maneuvers will bring together over 50,000 troops and more than 5,000 items of armaments and military hardware. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

02.09.2022#8265398

In this handout photo released by Press-service of the Moscow city court, ex-journalist and former aide to the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos Ivan Safronov, detained on suspicion of treason, is pictured inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at the Moscow city court, in Moscow, Russia. According to the Russian Federal Security Service, Safronov is suspected of handling classified information about Russia's defence sector to a special service of a NATO country. Russian prosecutor Boris Loktionov has requested 24 years in jail for Safronov. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

30.08.2022#8263532

Firefighters extinguish fire at the Lyudmila market in the town of Volzhsky, Volgograd region, Russia.

28.08.2022#8262819

Smoke rises above the Galaktika shopping mall that caught fire, according to Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) emergency officials , after shelling of Ukrainian troops, as Russia's military operation in Ukraine continues, in Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic.

24.08.2022#8259211

Opposition figure Yevgeny Roizman, who served as the mayor of Yekaterinburg in 2013-2018, is escorted by a police officer following searches at his apartment and office in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Roizman was arrested on August 24 on charges of discrediting the Russian army under a new law adopted after the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

24.08.2022#8259175

In this handout photo released by the Russian Defence Ministry, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, centre, attends a meeting of the Defence Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's member countries in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

24.08.2022#8259166

Workers with heavy construction equipment dismantle the sculpture of the Motherland of the monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders at Victory Park in Riga, Latvia. Latvian authorities on August 23 began work to dismantle the Soviet World War II monument. In May of this year the Latvian parliament approved the bill amending a 1994 agreement between Latvia and Russia on the preservation of Soviet-era monuments in the country.

24.08.2022#8259076

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia.

19.08.2022#8255729

In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), FSB officers detain a member of Katiba al-Tawhid wal-Jihad terrorist organization (banned in Russia), in Russia. Members of the terrorist cell sponsored terrorists in Syria and called for terrorist actions in Russia. Eight members were detained in Karsnoyarsk, Moscow and Novosibirsk. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

18.08.2022#8254865