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“[Egon] Bahr even said: If Russia agreed to the NATO expansion, he would never come to Moscow again.”

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Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia, born on October 7, 1952. Since 2000, Putin has served multiple terms as the President of Russia, profoundly impacting the political, economic, and social development of the country. more

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