Government delegations from 40 countries are expected to attend a Holocaust memorial event in Kiev later this month, the organizer said. It remains unclear whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the event marking the 65th anniversary of the Nazi massacre in Babi Yar, Vyacheslav “Moshe” Kantor said Monday during a conference call with journalists from Europe and Israel.
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