War in Ukraine: “There is great weariness among the Russians with regard to the conflict”, judge Anne Nivat. In the midst of the war in Ukraine, polling stations opened on Friday, including in areas of Ukraine currently under Russian control.
"I've never seen this in 30 years when I asked for visas for Russia," she assures, stressing that for example she only has an eight-day visa, like any visitor or journalist coming from a country deemed hostile to Russia.