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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview published late on Monday, said the West must understand that Russia holds the strategic initiative in Ukraine as discussions move forward on a possible settlement.

Russian commanders told Putin during an inspection visit that Moscow's forces had captured towns in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk.

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The move appears to be a response to several initiatives to go after Russian officials and military officers for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, something Moscow denies its forces are guilty of.

Western sanctions have failed to turn the uber-rich into opponents, and Putin's policies have turned them into silent backers.

A historic theater in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol has opened its doors more than three years after it was pummeled in a Russian airstrike that killed hundreds of civilians sheltering inside.

Citigroup said on Monday its board has approved a plan to sell AO Citibank, its remaining business in Russia, to investment bank Renaissance Capital, a move that will result in a pre-tax loss of about $1.