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The fact is that there was a long war in which Serbia and its capital Belgrade were bombarded and attacked with missiles. It was a military intervention of the West and NATO against the then rump Yugoslavia.

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Vladimir Putin
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 7
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