February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, right, during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, left, during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left. Sergei Ivanov, right, head of the Presidential Executive Office.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, left, during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left. From right: Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, and Sergei Ivanov, head of the Presidential Executive Office.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, background, left, during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, background, left, during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, background, left, during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, before an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, before an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right.

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From right: Head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, left, during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board. From right: Nikolai Patrushev, Russia's Security Council Secretary, and Sergei Ivanov, Head of the Presidential Executive Office.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, left, during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board. Sergei Ivanov, right, head of the Presidential Executive Office.

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Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, left, during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board. Sergei Ivanov, right, head of the Presidential Executive Office.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board.

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Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board.

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February 27, 2013. President Vladimir Putin during an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry's board.

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