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Russia's Putin has decided to miss APEC summit in Manila - spokesman


    MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has decided not to attend a summit of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation nations in Manila and Russia will be represented there instead by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, a Kremlin spokesman said on Thursday.

    The spokesman said the decision was taken because Medvedev had a series of meetings planned in the region anyway.

    (Reporting by Denis Pinchuk; Editing by Andrew Osborn)