PATRIOT complexes at the NATO base in Poland, December 20, 2022

Georgia s ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili appears on a screen via a video link from a clinic during a court hearing in Tbilisi on December 22, 2022, that will consider deferring his sentence of abuse of office over poor health

French police secure a street after gunshots were fired killing two people and injuring several in a central district of Paris, France, December 23, 2022

US Representative-elect George Santos (R-NY) speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022

People with Russian, left, and Soviet flags attend commemorations to celebrate the end of World War II, 77 years ago, at a Soviet War Memorial during, at the district Treptow in Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 9, 2022

A bird flies over the sky near the 1000-year old Orthodox Pechersk Lavra monastic complex (Monastery of Caves) in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021

Ukrainian flags wave next to graves of recently killed Ukrainian servicemen in a cemetery during Ukraine Defenders Day in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022

Russian soldiers take part in drills at the Kadamovskiy firing range in the Rostov region in southern Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Russia s top diplomat says that Russian and U.S. negotiators will sit down for talks early next year to discuss Moscow s demand for Western guarantees precluding NATO s expansion to Ukraine

Cars queuing toward the border crossing at Verkhny Lars between Russia and Georgia, leaving Chmi, North Ossetia - Alania Republic, in Russia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.

25/10/2022 Rome. International prayer meeting for peace with the participation of Pope Francis, organized by the Community of Sant Egidio in front of the Colosseum

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) leader and Member of Parliament Marine Le Pen walks away after being escorted by France s President Emmanuel Macron after talks at the presidential Elysee Palace, France, June 21, 2022

Britain s Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, along with Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as part of Trooping the Colour parade during the Queen s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London, Britain, June 2, 2022

An aerial view shows a branch of the Loire River as historical drought hits France, in Loireauxence, France, August 16, 2022

People walk past a billboard welcoming U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Aug 2, 2022. Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan and becomes the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China, which quickly announced that it would conduct military maneuvers in retaliation for her presence

A photograph, wreathes and the coffin with the body of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, are taken out after a memorial service at the Column Hall of the House of Unions in Moscow, on September 3, 2022. - Last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will be laid to rest Saturday in a Moscow ceremony, but without the fanfare of a state funeral and with the glaring absence of President Vladimir Putin

Natallia Pintsyuk, representing her husband, the activist Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, Jan Rachinsky, representing the Russian organization Memorial and Oleksandra Matviichuk, representing the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) pose together with their awards and certificates at the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 in the Town Hall in Oslo, Norway, 10 December 2022. CCL, Memorial and Bialiatski receive the award for their work for human rights in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus

A view shows the damaged facade of the Nur-Otan ruling party office following the protests triggered by fuel price increase, in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 8, 2022

Portal Kossev published a document of the Kosovo Police, which states what steps will be taken in dealing with those who do not re-register their vehicles from Serbian to Kosovo plates. In the document, there is no instruction that to enter and move on the territory of Kosovo, you should report to the Vehicle Registration Center and get RKS plates no later than April 21, 2023. In the photo, a sunny day in Kosovska Mitrovica

A woman stands at the site of a missile strike that occurred during the night, as Russia s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, January 8, 2023

December 30, 2022, Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a remote bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping via video link from the Kremlin, December 30, 2022 in Moscow, Russia

The iron mine of Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB in Kiruna, Sweden, 12 January 2023. LKAB announced on 12 January 2023 that Europe s largest deposit of rare earth metals is located in the Kiruna area

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January 15, 2023, Dnipro, Ukraine: Rescuers dismantle the rubble of a destroyed house that was damaged as a result of a missile attack by the Russian army. On January 14, the Russian army launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine

Oleg Stepanov, Russian opposition activist and an ally of Alexei Navalny, arrives at a court in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 28, 2021