Project leader Oskar Konyukhov at a news conference on traveler Fyodor Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Traveler Fyodor Konyukhov, right, and Morton president Alexander Ruchyov at a news conference on Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Vasily Ovchinnikov, foreground, general director of the Moscow Agency for Recreation and Sport (Mosgortur), and project leader Oskar Konyukhov at a news conference on traveler Fyodor Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Vasily Ovchinnikov, general director of the Moscow Agency for Recreation and Sport (Mosgortur), at a news conference on traveler Fyodor Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Project leader Oskar Konyukhov at a news conference on traveler Fyodor Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Project leader Oskar Konyukhov at a news conference on Fyodor Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Morton president Alexander Ruchyov at a news conference on traveler Fyodor Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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From right: project leader Oskar Konyukhov, Artur Chilingarov, president of the Association of Polar Explorers and first vice-president of the Russian Geographical Society, traveler Fyodor Konyukhov and Morton president Alexander Ruchyov at a news conference on Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Project leader Oskar Konyukhov at a news conference on traveler Fyodor Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Traveler Fyodor Konyukhov at a news conference on his planned solo nonstop around the world flight aboard the Morton hot air balloon in 2016.

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Traveler Fyodor Konyukhov at a news conference on his planned solo nonstop around the world flight aboard the Morton hot air balloon in 2016.

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Artur Chilingarov, president of the Association of Polar Explorers and first vice-president of the Russian Geographical Society, at a news conference on traveler Fyodor Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Traveler Fyodor Konyukhov at a news conference on his planned solo nonstop around the world flight aboard the Morton hot air balloon in 2016.

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Artur Chilingarov, president of the Association of Polar Explorers and first vice-president of the Russian Geographical Society, at a news conference on traveler Fyodor Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Artur Chilingarov, president of the Association of Polar Explorers and first vice-president of the Russian Geographical Society, at a news conference on traveler Fyodor Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Artur Chilingarov, left, president of the Association of Polar Explorers and first vice-president of the Russian Geographical Society, and traveler Fyodor Konyukhov and Morton president Alexander Ruchyov at a news conference on Konyukhov's solo nonstop flight around the world aboard the Morton hot air balloon, planned for 2016.

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Traveler Fyodor Konyukhov at a news conference on his planned solo nonstop around the world flight aboard the Morton hot air balloon in 2016.

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Traveler Fyodor Konyukhov at a news conference on his planned solo nonstop around the world flight aboard the Morton hot air balloon in 2016.

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