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(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Face masks depicting US President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, hang among others for sale at a street souvenir shop in St.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and emphasized their close ties a day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president.