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France says it will not invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the landing of Allied troops in Normandy in the Second World War at the beginning of June. However, Russia will be invited to send a representative. “The Russian Federation has been waging a war of aggression against Ukraine for more than two years, which France condemns in the strongest terms,” the state organizers of the D-Day commemoration announced on Wednesday. “In view of these circumstances, President Putin will not be invited to take part in the commemorations of the Normandy…

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