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Putin Cancels A Visit to Paris After Hollamde Accuses Russia of War Crimes

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(CNN)French President Fracois Hollande said he may snub Russia's Vladimir Putin in Paris next week and suggested Moscow should be taken to the International Criminal Court over its role in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo. Hollande's comments came after Moscow vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at ending Syrian regime airstrikes on Aleppo and allowing humanitarian aid into the city. The resolution had been put forward by France and Spain. Hospital bombings worsen Aleppo's humanitarian crisis In an interview with TF1's Quotidien program in France, Hollande said he was reconsidering his plans to receive Putin, who was due to visit for the opening of a Russian Orthodox church in Paris on October 19.

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