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Ukraine and Russia have expressed interest in a proposal put forward by the UN nuclear watchdog to create a protection zone around the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, its chief Rafael Grossi said.
Municipal lawmakers from 18 districts in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the town of Kolpino near St. Petersburg have signed a petition demanding the resignation of President Vladimir Putin, saying his actions are "damaging Russia's future and its citizens."
Noted Belarusian designer Anatol Lazar has reportedly been detained by police amid an ongoing crackdown.
A Belarusian rights activist who was detained in Russia last year and extradited to Belarus last month has been officially charged in a case that rights groups say is part of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s ongoing campaign to crush any opposition to his decades-long rule.
Russians are voting in regional and local elections in a scattering of locations across the country, choosing governors or legislators in the first vote to be held since the Ukraine invasion nearly seven months ago.