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Now playing Next Russia Putin accuses US of creating a "unipolar world" The Russian President has used the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two to launch a thinly veiled attack on the United States. In his annual 09/05/2015
Now playing Next Russia Russia holds biggest ever military parade to mark Victory Day Russia has held its biggest ever military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, or the Great Patriotic War as its known in 09/05/2015
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