President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas at the press conference on the results of his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in his residence in Bethlehem 26, 2012.

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President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas at the press conference on the results of his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in his residence in Bethlehem 26, 2012.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the press conference on the results of his talks with President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas in the residence of the President of the Palestinian National Authority in Bethlehem June 26, 2012.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the press conference on the results of his talks with President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas in the residence of the President of the Palestinian National Authority in Bethlehem June 26, 2012.

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President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas at the press conference on the results of his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in his residence in Bethlehem 26, 2012.

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June 26, 2012. From right: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speak at the opening ceremony of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem.

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June 26, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the opened Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem. Right: Head of the Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Cooperation Konstantin Kosachev.

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June 26, 2012. Foreground, from right: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Palestinian counterpart at the opening ceremony of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem.

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June 26, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, on his left, at the opening ceremony of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem.

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June 26, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, left, get acquainted with the work profiles of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem. Right: Head of the Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Cooperation Konstantin Kosachev.

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June 26, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, leaves a note in the book of honorable guests after the opening ceremony of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem. Left: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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June 26, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves a note in the book of honorable guests after the opening ceremony of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem.

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June 26, 2012. Second left: Russian President Vladimir Putin; right: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves a note in the book of honorable guests after the opening ceremony of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem.

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June 26, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas, second right, get acquainted with the work profiles of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem.

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June 26, 2012. From right: Russian President Vladimir Putin and actor Valery Zolotukhin at the the opening ceremony of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem.

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June 26, 2012. From right: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas at the opening ceremony of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem.

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June 26, 2012. From right: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas at the opening ceremony of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem.

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June 26, 2012. Center, from left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas at the opening ceremony of the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Bethlehem.

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From left: Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Mahmoud Abbas, Head of the Palestinian Authority, seen at the Palestinian leader's residence in Bethlehem, attending the ceremony of signing an agreement on the Jericho park museum's legal status and activity, June 26, 2012.

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From left: Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Mahmoud Abbas, Head of the Palestinian Authority, attending a press conference on talks at the Palestinian leader's residence in Bethlehem, June 26, 2012.

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Vladimir Putin (background), President of Russia, and Mahmoud Abbas, Head of the Palestinian Authority, attending a press conference on talks at the Palestinian leader's residence in Bethlehem, June 26, 2012.

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Mahmoud Abbas, Head of Palestinian Authority, attending a press conference on talks with the Russian president the Palestinian leader's residence in Bethlehem, June 26, 2012.

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Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, attending a press conference on talks with the Palestinian Authority head at the latter's residence in Bethlehem, June 26, 2012.

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From left: Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian National Authority, handshaking as they meet with media people after negotiations at the residence of the Palestinian leader in Bethlehem, June 26, 2012.

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From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the official welcoming ceremony in the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012

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From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the official welcoming ceremony in the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012

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Russian President Vladimir Putin with children at the official welcoming ceremony in the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012

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From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting in the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012

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From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012

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From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at their meeting in the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, second from left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, third from left, at the official welcoming ceremony in the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, far right, at the official welcoming ceremony in the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012

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From right in the background: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the official welcoming ceremony in the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012

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From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the official welcoming ceremony in the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012

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Russian President Putin, left, and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, right, during a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, 26 June 2012.

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Russian President Putin, center, talks to monks during a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, 26 June 2012.

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Russian President Putin, center, during a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, 26 June 2012.

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June 26, 2012. Head of foreign institutions of the Moscow Patriarchate, Archbishop Mark, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos the Third (from right) talk in the Cathedral of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

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Russian President Putin, center, and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, right, during a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, 26 June 2012. The Russian President was given a star of Bethlehem made by Palestinian masters.

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Russian President Putin, center, and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III, right, during a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, 26 June 2012.

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From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the official welcoming ceremony in the residence of the Palestinian National Autonomy, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the official welcoming ceremony in the Palestinian President's residence, Bethlehem, 26 June 2012.

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