Next month, Western leaders will be conspicuously absent from President Vladimir Putin's military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory in the Second World War.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with China's President Xi Jinping (C) after thier meeting at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014.
