At the ceremony presenting state awards to servicemen who distinguished themselves in the course of the strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012 on the Rajewski training ground in Krasnodar territory.

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September 17, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin (third from right) at the ceremony presenting state awards to servicemen who distinguished themselves in the course of the strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012 on the Rajewski training ground in Krasnodar territory.

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September 17, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) speaks with veterans who, together with the Head of State, observed troops in action in mobile defense on intermediate lines during the active part of the first stage strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012 on the Rajewski training ground in Krasnodar territory.

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September 17, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin observes troops in action in mobile defense on intermediate lines during the active part of the first stage strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012 on the Rajewski training ground in Krasnodar territory.

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September 17, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin (third from right) observes troops in action in mobile defense on intermediate lines during the active part of the first stage strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012 on the Rajewski training ground in Krasnodar territory. Right foreground: Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Russian First Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Makarov.

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September 17, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Colonel Vladimir Beliavsky, awarded the Order "For Military Merit, at the ceremony presenting state awards to servicemen who distinguished themselves in the course of the strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012.

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September 17, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Colonel Vladimir Beliavsky, awarded the Order "For Military Merit", at the ceremony presenting state awards to servicemen who distinguished themselves in the course of the strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012.

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September 17, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin (second from right) observes troops in action in mobile defense on intermediate lines during the active part of the first stage strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012 on the Rajewski training ground in Krasnodar territory.

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September 17, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin (third from right) observes troops in action in mobile defense on intermediate lines during the active part of the first stage strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012 on the Rajewski training ground in Krasnodar territory. Right: Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Russian First Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Makarov.

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September 17, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin observes troops in action in mobile defense on intermediate lines during the active part of the first stage strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012 on the Rajewski training ground in Krasnodar territory.

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September 17, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin (second from left) observes troops in action in mobile defense on intermediate lines during the active part of the first stage strategic command-staff exercises Kavkaz-2012 on the Rajewski training ground in Krasnodar territory. Right: Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Russian First Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Makarov.

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