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Vladimir Putin flying with white cranes
Vladimir Putin piloting a motorized hang glider flanked by two Siberian white cranes...
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Ukraine crisis: Sevastopol
Unidentified soldiers accompanied by Russian military vehicles patrolling Sevastopol,...
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Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, and Petro Poroshenko
Belarusian Pres. Alexander Lukashenko (center) hosting a meeting between Russian...
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Vladimir Putin
On May 9, 2014, Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin addressed a crowd in Sevastopol, Crimea,...
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Ukraine crisis
World leaders meeting in Minsk, Belarus, to discuss the terms of a cease-fire in...
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Vladimir Putin
Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin answering questions at his annual news conference, 2016.
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Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama
Vladimir Putin (left) and Barack Obama at a G20 meeting in Hangzhou, China, 2016.
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Russia-Ukraine War; Vladimir Putin
Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin announcing the beginning of a “special military operation”...
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Russia-Ukraine War
A Russian armored column moving on a highway between the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol...
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Yevgeny Prigozhin during the Russia-Ukraine War
Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin attending the funeral of a Wagner mercenary...
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Wagner Group tank in Rostov-on-Don
A Wagner Group T-72 tank parked in front of the Southern Military District headquarters...
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