Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) speaks with Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (L) and Russian Navy commander Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky (R) during a boat trip in the water area of the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Arkhangelsk on July 2, 2009, with a new Russian nuclear submarine, the Yuri Dolgoruky, in the background. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) speaks with Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (L) and Russian Navy commander Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky (R) during a boat trip in the water area of the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Arkhangelsk on July 2, 2009, with a new Russian nuclear submarine, the Yuri Dolgoruky, in the background.

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