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Tajikistan is a strategic partner of Russia and an ally in Central Asia, said the head of the Russian cabinet of ministers during intergovernmental talks.
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin awarded US actor Steven Seagal, known for the 1990 US action thriller Hard to Kill, the Russian Order of Friendship.
Britain's MoD said the ratio of Russians killed to those injured was high by modern standards, suggesting wounded soldiers were receiving poor medical treatment.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has insisted "communications channels must be kept open" with Belarus and Russia during the escalating war in Ukraine after a controversial visit to Minsk.
Some Ukrainian refugees who still retain pro-Russian or, at least, anti-Kyiv sentiments, are causing nerves to jangle.