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Weekend Update: Putin's Best Friends from Growing Up Return

CLIP12/17/16
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Russian president Vladimir Putin's best friends from growing up (Vanessa Bayer, Fred Armisen) stop by to defend him - sort of.

Appearing:Bobby MoynihanVanessa Bayer
Tags: SNL, Saturday Night Live, Season 42, Episode 1714, Casey Affleck, Weekend Update, Vanessa Bayer, fred armisen, Putin's Best Friends from Growing Up, Michael Che
S42 E104 minHighlightComedyLate Night
2016
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