Putin Reaches Out After Death of 'Close Friend' Chavez

07 March 2013
By Alexander Bratersky
Signaling an eagerness to maintain cozy ties with Venezuela, President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called for even stronger relations and praised the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as "a close friend of Russia."

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