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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is holding his annual press conference in Moscow. He is expected to comment on major trends of Russia's foreign policy over the past year and to outline Moscow's vision of global challenges for 2017. Lavrov is likely to face questions on Syria, Ukraine, as well as the future of Russia-US ties and Moscow's relations with NATO. Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.
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