Protesters have clashed with regional police as they took to the streets of Russia's Dagestan province to demonstrate and oppose Moscow's new bill of partial mobilization.
Voting has commenced in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine in a referendum that Russia is expected to use to justify the annexation of four regions.
Russia and China have agreed to deepen strategic partnerships aimed at expanding defense cooperation and strengthening coordination between Moscow and Beijing on major geopolitical issues.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on Russia and other members of a regional grouping to support each other in preventing foreign powers from instigating "color revolutions" in their countries.
A mass burial site with 400 bodies, mainly of civilians, has been uncovered by Ukrainian officials in a northeastern city recaptured from Russian forces.
The 35-nation Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has passed a resolution demanding that Russia end its occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine.