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One of Vladimir Putin's closest friends said on Sept. 22 he believed Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States and that Western leaders were no match for the Russian president.

Sergei Roldugin, a childhood friend of Putin’s and godfather to his eldest daughter, made international headlines earlier this year after his name featured in the leaked Panama Papers as the owner of a sprawling network of offshore accounts.

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