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Russia marks VE Day with triumphalist military parades - and President Vladimir Putin knows the deep sense of nationalist pride that Russians still feel at defeating the Nazi regime in 1945.

The president's affinity for Vladimir Putin colours US relations with Russia, for instance.

Russian president Vladimir Putin this week announced a temporary three-day ceasefire from 8 May, to coincide with anniversary celebrations marking the end of World War Two.

Russian President Vladimir Putin this week announced a temporary ceasefire for the war in Ukraine.

His efforts to ingratiate himself with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin have brought the war no closer to an end.