Vladimir Putin's Party

Vladimir Putin has been courting Asian friends old and new. Mr Putin is holding a big party in Moscow in May to mark the 70th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat. He has invited Xi Jinping of China; North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and President Park Geun-hye of South Korea—though as a staunch American ally, Ms Park will find it hard to gohttp://econ.st/18ovmZY

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