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Vladimir Putin gets lavish welcome on visit to ally Serbia
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attend an official welcome ceremony prior to their talks in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Putin arrives in Serbia on Thursday for his fourth visit to the Balkan country since 2001. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Amid a lavish welcome, Vladimir Putin arrived in Serbia on Thursday in a show of the Russian president's support for the Balkan country's populist leader and his pro-Moscow policies.