[HIGHLIGHTS] After the “election” in Russia: Europe honors protest against Putin, China congratulates

After the sham election in Russia, the EU took a cool note of the result. It was “an election without an election,” said Foreign Minister Baerbock.

China's President Xi, on the other hand, congratulated Putin on the phone. Ukraine's demands for a peace agreement with Moscow include, among other things, that Russian political and military leaders should be held accountable before an international court. "This election fraud has no legitimacy and cannot have any," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj.