Kremlin rejects reports that 700,000 have fled Russia
Russia was informed via diplomatic channels that there were no plans to invite Moscow to join an investigation into Nord Stream gas leaks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on screens during a concert marking the declared annexation of the Russian-controlled territories of four Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, after holding what Russian authorities called referendums in the occupied areas of Ukraine(photo credit: VIA REUTERS)Updated: 
