March 7, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics. Right: Mikhail Terentyev, general secretary of the Russian Paralympic Committee and State Duma deputy. Third right: International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven.

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March 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin (right) and President of thew International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Sir Phillip Craven at the opening ceremony of the XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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March 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin (background) and General Secretary of the Russian Paralympic Committee, State Duma Deputy Mikhail Terentyev at the opening ceremony of the XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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March 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin (left) and President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach after the opening ceremony of the XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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March 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin (left) and President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach after the opening ceremony of the XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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March 7, 2014. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (right) and his Deputy Dmitry Kozak before the opening ceremony of the XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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March 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the XI Paralymic Winter Games in Sochi.

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March 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin (left) at the opening ceremony of the XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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March 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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March 7, 2014. President Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the XI Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, background, and Russian Paralympic Committee general secretary and State Duma deputy Mikhail Terentyev at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 3rd right, and Russian Paralympic Committee general secretary and State Duma deputy Mikhail Terentyev at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 9th right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, 5th right, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. From right: Two-time Olympic swimming champion Igor Plotnikov, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Merited Master of Sports in target archery Timur Tuchinov, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana Medvedeva.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2nd right, and Russian Paralympic Committee general secretary and State Duma deputy Mikhail Terentyev, right, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. Right: Russian Paralympic Committee general secretary and State Duma deputy Mikhail Terentyev.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, before the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. Foreground left: Russian Paralympic Committee general secretary and State Duma deputy Mikhail Terentyev. Background left: Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana Medvedeva.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 3rd right, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. 2nd right: Russian Paralympic Committee general secretary and State Duma deputy Mikhail Terentyev.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 3rd left, and International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven, 2nd left, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. Right: Russian Paralympic Committee general secretary and State Duma deputy Mikhail Terentyev.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 7th right, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. 3rd right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. From right: Merited Master of Sports in target archery Timur Tuchinov and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana Medvedeva.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics. Third right: Mikhail Terentyev, general secretary of the Russian Paralympic Committee and State Duma deputy. Left: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.

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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 3rd right, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his wife, Svetlana, watch the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, background, and International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, center, and his wife Svetlana Medvedeva before the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 7th right, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. 3rd right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. From right: Merited Master of Sports in target archery Timur Tuchinov and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana Medvedeva.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, 3rd right, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. From right: Merited Master of Sports in target archery Timur Tuchinov and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana Medvedeva.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 6th left, center, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, 8th left, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, 5th left, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. Right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Left: Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2nd right, and International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven, 2nd left, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. Left: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Right: Chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for Sochi 2014, Jean-Claude Killy.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, 3rd right, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. 4th right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. From right: Chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for Sochi 2014, Jean-Claude Killy, and former IOC president Jacques Rogge.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, 2nd right, before the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. From left: Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko and International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven. Right: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana Medvedeva.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach before the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. Right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Left: Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. Left: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Right: Chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for Sochi 2014, Jean-Claude Killy.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, before the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. From left: Russian Minister of Sport Vitaly Mutko and International Paralympic Committee President Sir Philip Craven.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. Left: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Right: Chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for Sochi 2014, Jean-Claude Killy.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. Right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Left: Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.

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March 7, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, at the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, before the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, March 7, 2014. From left: Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko and International Paralympic Committee President, Sir Philip Craven.

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