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Putin and Kim will join Xi at the Chinese military parade in a show of defiance of the West.

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Kim Jong-Un during this month's celebration of the 80th anniversary of the country's liberation from Japanese colonial rule, in PyongyangREUTERS

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un will be among world leaders attending next week's military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, organized by President Xi Jinping to commemorate Victory Day over Imperial Japan during the 1930s and 1940s.