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‘Russians never, never, never shall be slaves’
Putin warns off foreign nations as country marks Soviet crushing of fascism

VLADIMIR PUTIN vowed yesterday that the Russian people would never be enslaved as he led commemorations of the Soviet victory over nazism.

Military parades and marches in memory of the Immortal Regiment — those who fought and died to defeat fascism in World War II — were held across Russia, the former USSR and beyond.

Mr Putin presided over the annual military parade in Moscow’s Red Square.

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