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FILE - Russian matryoshka dolls with portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin are displayed among others for sale at a souvenir shop in Moscow, Russia, on March 21, 2023. The EU is particularly disturbed by President Vladimir Putin's plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus. That announcement was made just days after Xi and Putin met to cement their “no-limits friendship.” (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)