16:26⇢Russia-US Riyadh Talks Set Amid Border Evacuations
⌨Russian media extensively covers upcoming Russia-US negotiations in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh on March 24. Several sources report on expectations from both sides (Izvestia, Kommersant, NTV, RBC, RIA Novosti, TASS, Vesti), with US official Whitcoff expressing hope for "tangible progress" (RBC, RIA). Topics to be discussed include cessation of hostilities in the Black Sea (TASS). Rossiyskaya Gazeta notes Moscow and Kyiv will be in "different rooms" during these indirect consultations. Meanwhile, fighting continues near the Russian border, with Belgorod authorities evacuating residents of Krasnoyaruzhsky district due to battles with Ukrainian forces (Moscow Times).