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Russia and China do not create a military alliance and do not hide anything about their military cooperation.

This was announced today by Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Prez in an interview with Russian state television, Reuters reported, citing Russian news agencies.

At their meeting in Moscow earlier this week, Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping demonstrated deep friendship and said they would work for closer ties between Russia and China.

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We are not forming a military alliance with China.

Yes, we cooperate in the military-technical sphere.

We don't hide that.

Everything is transparent, there is nothing secret, said Putin, quoted by BTA.

The Russian president also said that Western powers are trying to create global alliances, accusing the US and NATO of starting to build a new "Axis" that resembles the World War II-era alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan.

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