Ukrainian heavyweight boxing world champion Vladimir Klitschko poses after a news conference in the western city of Oberhausen February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender
HOLLYWOOD, Florida (Reuters) - Heavyweight boxing champion Vladimir Klitschko urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday not to "repeat the mistakes of history" in his confrontation with Ukraine, the boxer's homeland.
Klitschko is the younger brother of Vitaly Klitschko, a member of parliament in Ukraine and a leader of the opposition that helped topple Russian-backed President Viktor Yanukovich last month.
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