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Russian President Vladimir Putin says 'glad' to give US boxing star Russian passport

Roy Jones Jr., pictured on April 3, 2010, visited Crimea to appear as a guest on a boxing show (AFP Photo)

Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he would be glad to grant a request for Russian citizenship from US boxer Roy Jones Jr as the multiple world champion visited Russian-annexed Crimea.

The 46-year-old boxer, famed for winning world titles in four different weight categories, drank tea with Putin in Crimea's naval port city of Sevastopol, photographs released by the Kremlin showed.

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