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Putin and Trump: What are the links?

Donald Trump is being accused of damaging national security because he urged Russia to hack his presidential rival Hillary Clinton.

Several pundits have raised questions about the businessman's ties to Russia, amid fears that Moscow could be interfering in the US election.

Writer and Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum explains what she sees as the connections between Mr Trump and President Putin.

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