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* Adds Putin in paragraphs 4-6, Chinese support * Kremlin says mercenary leader will move to Belarus * Wagner fighters leave Rostov, regional governor says * Belarus says brokered deal in return for rebels' safety ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH, Russia, June 25 (Reuters) - H eavily armed Russian mercenaries withdrew from the southern Russian city of Rostov overnight under a deal that defused an unprecedented challenge to the authority of President Vladimir Putin and halted their rapid advance on...

(Update 1: Adds Putin’s remarks, Blinkin’s phone call with Lavrov, changes lede and headline) Moscow, Feb 1 (EFE).- Ukraine’s potential entry to Nato could lead to a war between Moscow and the Alliance for the control over the Crimean peninsula, Russia’s presdent Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. “Let’s imagine Ukraine is a Nato member and …

RUSSIA-PUTIN/USSR (PIX):Putin rues Soviet collapse as demise of historical Russia

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/ (REFILE, UPDATE 7, PIX, TV):UPDATE 7-Gaza conflict intensifies with rocket barrages and air strikes

WW2-ANNIVERSARY/RUSSIA-PARADE (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV):UPDATE 1-Putin reviews Russian military might as tensions with West soar