Crowds of people poured onto the streets of Rome on Saturday to call for peace in Ukraine. The demonstrators also demanded that the Italian government stop providing Kiev with weapons and engage with Russia diplomatically instead.

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Anatoly Antonov says he was denied “contact” meeting with Russian prisoner Aleksandr Vinnik, despite White House having allowed it Russia’s insufficient diplomatic presence in the US has complicated the work of its embassy and consulate staff, leaving Russian nationals in America without proper assistance, Moscow’s envoy to Washington Anatoly Antonov has said.