Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

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China’s Xi congratulates ****** on presidential win

Russia’s President Vladimir ****** and ******** President Xi Jinping shake hands during a meeting in Beijing on October 18, 2023.

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******** President Xi Jinping has called to congratulate his Russian counterpart Vladimir ****** on his re-election at the helm of the Kremlin, ******** state news agency

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During a press briefing after clinching his victory, ****** praised the state of Moscow’s relationship with Beijing as “very stable and highly complementary,” following years of development, according to a separate

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China and Russia have tightened their bonds amid increasing isolation from Western countries, with Beijing providing a rare outlet for Europe and U.S.-sanctioned seaborne barrels of Moscow’s crude and oil products. The two are also allied in the BRICS coalition of emerging markets.

********* officials have repeatedly entreated Xi to leverage his diplomatic sway with ****** and intercede in favor of resolving the war in Ukraine. China presented a 12-point peace plan for the conflict on the occasion of the first-year anniversary of Russia’s full invasion — but the framework has yet to gain traction.

Beijing’s relationship with Moscow has increasingly raised ire in the White House, with U.S. officials signaling to CNBC in February that Washington is considering slapping sanctions on ******** companies that assist in Moscow’s war.

— Ruxandra Iordache

Thousands of Navalny supporters protest against ****** in Russian election

Thousands of supporters of ***** Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny staged protests in various cities in Russia and at Russian embassies overseas to express their rejection of the widely expected reelection of President Vladimir ******.

As part of the demonstrations, called “Noon against ******,” supporters of Navalny went to their polling stations and cast votes either with spoiled ballots or a vote for one of the three candidates running against ******. Proponents of the movement called it peaceful and symbolic. ****** was declared the winner with 87.97% of the vote.

Navalny’s wife Yulia Navalnaya called on global leaders not to recognize the election results, while several Western leaders have called the contest a sham.

Navalny, Russia’s best-known opposition politician, ***** suddenly in an Arctic penal colony in late February while serving a combined prison sentence of 19 years. His team and family allege that the Kremlin murdered him, an allegation the Kremlin has forcefully rejected.

— Natasha Turak

****** wins election in landslide; Western leaders criticize ‘illegitimate’ victory

In this pool photograph distributed by Russia’s state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir ****** attends a videoconference ceremonies to launch the construction of Unit 7 at Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant and a high-speed railway line between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on March 14, 2024. 

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Russian President Vladimir ****** won his fifth term in the country’s general election over the weekend with 87.97% of the vote, according to Russia’s election authorities, in a contest that had no real rivals and that Western leaders are slamming as “illegitimate” and “********.”

Russia’s elections were characterized by “a lack of choice for voters and no independent OSCE monitoring,” British Foreign Secretary David Cameron wrote in a tweet, saying that the elections held in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine were “********.” He added that “this is not what free and fair elections look like.”

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky called the contest a “farce and parody,” saying, “This was the Russian presidential election that showed how this regime suppresses civil society, independent media, opposition.”

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the “elections were neither free nor fair.”

Russia’s top opposition and anti-war figures were either barred from running, in prison, or *****.

— Natasha Turak

Ukraine says it downed 17 of 22 drones in overnight *******

The Ukrainian Air Force said it has downed 17 of 22 Russia-launched drones in an overnight ******* across nine regions.

Moscow deployed Iran-make Shahed unmanned missiles at the Kyiv, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhya, and Rivne areas, the air force reported in a

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, the air force warned of missile and ballistic weapons danger in the northeastern region of Kharkiv. Around 15 settlements in the area were struck by ****** shelling on March 18, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional administration, in a

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. He added that six people were injured as a result of the offensive.

CNBC could not independently verify the reports.

— Ruxandra Iordache

Fri, Mar 15 202411:53 AM EDT

G7 warns Iran not to support Russia with ballistic missiles

G7 leaders on Friday urged Iran not to send ballistic missiles to Russia.

“We are extremely concerned about reports that Iran is considering transferring ballistic missiles and related technology to Russia after having supplied the Russian regime with UAVs, which are used in relentless attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine,” the statement said.

The G7 called on Iran not to deliver missiles, and said there would be consequences if they did.

“Were Iran to proceed with providing ballistic missiles or related technology to Russia, we are prepared to respond swiftly and in a coordinated manner including with new and significant measures against Iran,” the statement said.

A senior official in the U.S. administration said the country had not yet seen confirmation that missiles have moved from Iran to Russia, but noted that negotiations between the countries have been advancing.

The official reiterated that measures would be taken against Iran if it supplied Russia with missiles, including a potential ban of flights by state-owned Iran Air into Europe.

— Sophie Kiderlin

Fri, Mar 15 20249:16 AM EDT

UN accuses Russia of systematic ******** of Ukraine POWs

A new report from a U.N. commission of inquiry on Ukraine, published Friday, said it had found further evidence of systemic ******** of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces.

“The Commission has found new evidence that Russian authorities have committed violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law, and corresponding war *******, in areas that came under their control in Ukraine,” the summary stated.

The three-member panel said Russia had shown a “disregard for basic principles of humanitarian laws and of human rights obligations,” and said the evidence confirmed the necessity of further investigation to establish whether Moscow is guilty of “******* against humanity.”

It highlighted new evidence of “widespread and systemic” ******** used by Russian authorities against Ukrainian prisoners of war in several detention facilities across the country.

“The report documents incidents of ***** and other ******* ********* committed against women in circumstances which also amount to ********. It also details incidents of ******** with a sexualised dimension and threats of ***** against male prisoners of war,” the commission stated.

The commission’s report has been submitted to the 47-member UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, which will determine whether the commission’s mandate should be renewed for another year to continue its investigative work.

Russia has denied ******** and other forms of mistreatment of POWs.

– Elliot Smith

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