February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic Games bronze medalist in speed skating Yekaterina Shikhova during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games bronze medalist in freestyle skiing Alexander Smyshlyayev during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic Games bronze medalist in speed skating Yulia Skovkova during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and two-time Olympic figure skating champion Maxim Trankov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and two-time Olympic Games silver medalist in biathlon Olga Vilukhina during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games bronze medalist in cross country skiing Ilya Chernousov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic Games silver medalist in biathlon Yana Romanova during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games silver medalist in snowboard cross Nikolai Olyunin during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games silver medalist in cross country skiing Nikita Kryukov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Fedor Klimov, Olympic champion and Olympic Games silver medalist in figure skating, during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ksenia Stolbova, Olympic champion and Olympic Games silver medalist in figure skating, during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Nikita Katsalapov, Olympic champion and Olympic Games bronze medalist in figure skating, during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic Games figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic Games silver medalist in luge Tatyana Ivanova during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games bobsleigh champion Dmitry Trunenkov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic Games bronze medalist in speed skating Yekaterina Lobysheva during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic Games bronze winner in skeleton Yelena Nikitina during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Yelena Ilyinykh, Olympic champion and Olympic Games figure skating bronze winner, during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic Games silver medalist in speed skating Olga Fatkulina during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic Games silver medalist in biathlon Olga Zaitseva during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games two-times bronze winner in speed skating Olga Graf during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games silver medalist in cross country skiing Dmitry Yaparov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games champion in biathlon Anton Shipulin during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games bronze winner in biathlon Yevgeny Garanichev during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic figure skating champion Dmitry Solovyov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games skeleton champion Alexander Tretyakov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic Games silver medalist in short track speed skating Semyon Yelistratov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic bronze medalist in biathlon Alyona Zavarzina during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic silver medalist in luge Alexander Denisyev during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic figure skating champion Yulia Lipnitskaya during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic figure skating champion Yulia Lipnitskaya during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic silver medalist in cross country skiing Alexander Bessmertnykh during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic silver medalist in luge Vladislav Antonov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic champion in biathlon Dmitry Malyshko during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and two-time Olympic champion in figure skating Tatiana Volosozhar during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and three-time Olympic champion in cross country skiing Maxim Vylegzhanin during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic figure skating champion Yekaterina Bobrova during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and two-time Olympic champion in bobsleigh Alexander Zubkov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic biathlon champion Evgeny Ustyugov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic biathlon champion Alexei Volkov during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and two-time Olympic champion in snowboarding Vic Wild during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and two-time Olympic champion in figure skating Tatiana Volosozhar during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Victor An, three-time Olympic champion and bronze winner of the Olympic Games in short track speed skating, during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and two-time Olympic champion in bobsleigh Alexei Voyevoda during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Olympic champion in figure skating Evgeni Plushenko during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and two-time Olympic silver medalist in luge Albert Demchenko during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a joint photo session at the end of the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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February 24, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, background, center, during the awards ceremony for Russian medalists in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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