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Vladimir Putin no doubt enjoyed celebrating his 69th birthday yesterday, since the best present he could have received (after the murder of Anna Politkovskaya on October 7, 2006) was the gratitude of European countries for his promise to increase the supply of gas, which could bring down the record prices that are causing chaos. The BBC’s
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