MILAN -- Over the next two days, Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to meet here with an array of European leaders, including his Ukrainian counterpart, in the most intense period of diplomacy between the Kremlin and Western capitals in months.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin looks on as he attends the forum of the Russian pro-government movement \"Popular Front\" in Penza on Oct. 15, 2014.
