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Michel Platini watches the final of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States Cup, in St Petersburg on January 27. Michel Platini, the president of UEFA, European football’s governing body,
paid an official visit to Russia and the European Council in Strasbourg. The former French player oversees an annual budget of over €820 million.
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