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Vladimir Putin and George Bush share a joke during a military parade commemorating the end of the second World War in Moscow's Red Square yesterday.

Vladimir Putin and George Bush share a joke during a military parade commemorating the end of the second World War in Moscow's Red Square yesterday.


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