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Russia--Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (R) listens to US President Barack Obama delivering a speech at the graduation ceremony of the New Economic School in Moscow, 07Jul2009 - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (R) listens to US President Barack Obama delivering a speech at the graduation ceremony of the New Economic School in Moscow on July 7, 2009. Obama said today the United States wanted a strong, prosperous but also democratic Russia, as he set out his vision of the US relationship with its former Cold-War era foe. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB TOP2009
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Ukraine -- Metropolitan Volodymyr (L) and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill during liturgy in Pechresk Lavra in K - UKRAINE, Kiev : Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (R) and Ukrainian Metropolitan Volodymyr (L) cross themselves during liturgy in Kiev Pechresk Lavra in Kiev on July 28, 2009. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill arrived in Ukraine on Monday for a ten-day visit
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Russia -- Police detain protesters during the 2009 March of Dissent in Moscow, 31Jul2009 - Caption: ITAR-TASS 122: MOSCOW, RUSSIA. JULY 31, 2009. Opposition protester being detained by the police during the 2009 March of Those Who Disagree, at Moscow's Triumfalnaya Square. (Photo ITAR-TASS /
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Russia -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin swims the butterfly during his vacation outside the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia, 03Aug2009 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin swims the butterfly during his vacation outside the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia on August 3, 2009. AFP PHOTO / RIA-NOVOSTI / ALEXEY DRUZHININ
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