PARIS: Russia inaugurates a new state-financed Orthodox cathedral complex near the Eiffel Tower in central Paris on Wednesday without the intended guest of honour, President Vladimir Putin.
Putin last week pulled out of a trip to open the complex, which includes a spiritual center and school as well as the cathedral, after fierce criticism from France of his bombing campaign in Syria.
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