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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) meets with representatives of political parties and movements at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow February 20, 2012.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (3rd R) meets with representatives of political parties, with opposition leader Boris Nemtsov (R), at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow February 20, 2012.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addresses reporters at the Jericho Museum in the West Bank Oasis town of Jericho on January 18, 2011.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attends a press conference in the West Bank town of Jericho on January 18, 2011.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev talks to Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas prior to a joint press conference in the West Bank town of Jericho on January 18, 2011.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas shakes hands with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev following their joint press conference in the West Bank town of Jericho on January 18, 2011 on his first visit to the occupied territories.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) review an honour guard in the West Bank town of Jericho upon the latter's arrival from the Jordanian capital Amman across the Allenby Bridge border crosssing on January 18, 2011 on his first visit...

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, listens during his meeting with leaders of Russian unregistered parties in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Medvedev hosted an unprecedented meeting with opposition leaders to discuss easing the rules on registering...

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with representatives of political parties with an opposition leader Vladimir Ryzhkov seen in the background, at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow February 20, 2012.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks during his meeting with leaders of Russian unregistered parties in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Medvedev has hosted an unprecedented meeting with opposition leaders to discuss easing rules for registration of...

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev listens during his meeting with leaders of Russian non-registered parties in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Monday, Feb.20, 2012. Medvedev said he is ready to listen to leaders of non-registered parties and their remarks on the changes in the...

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets with representatives of political parties, with opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov (front) representing the Left Front movement seen in the foreground, at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow February 20, 2012.

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Demonstrators shout anti-Russia slogans, as one of them holds pictures of Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, during a protest against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in front of the Beyazit mosque in Istanbul February 17, 2012.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awards the Medal of Alexander Pushkin to the Arab Writers' Union (Syria) advisor Ali Okla Ersan, right, during a state awards ceremony for foreign nationals at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, takes a glass to toast during a state awards ceremony for foreign nationals at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awards the Medal of Alexander Pushkin to General Director of the Russian House in Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Palamarchuk, right, during a state awards ceremony for foreign nationals at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awards the Medal of Alexander Pushkin to instructor of the Musashino Academia Musicae (Musashino Academy of Music located in Tokyo, Japan) Chikara Kishimoto, right, during a state awards ceremony for foreign nationals at the Gorki residence outside Moscow,...

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awards the Order of Friendship to President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG, Peter Loescher, right, during a state awards ceremony for foreign nationals at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awards the Order of Friendship to Chairman of VR Group's (Finnish transport company) Board of Management, Mikael Aro, right, during a state awards ceremony for foreign nationals at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.

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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) awards the Order of Friendship to President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG, Peter Loescher (R) during an awarding ceremony meeting in his Gorki residence outside Moscow, on February 17, 2012.

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President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG, Peter Loescher (back) speaks after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarded him with the Order of Friendship during an awarding ceremony meeting in his Gorki residence outside Moscow, on February 17, 2012.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, toasts instructor of the Musashino Academia Musical (Musashino Academy of Music located in Tokyo, Japan) Chikara Kishimoto at a state award ceremony for foreign nationals in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.

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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) hands over a Medal of Friendship to Finnish transport company, VR Group, Passenger Services Vice President, Antti Jaatinen, during an awarding ceremony meeting in his Gorki residence outside Moscow, on February 17, 2012.

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A picture taken on April 25, 2011, shows Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev (R) visiting the Dozhd (Rain) independent television channel's headquarters in Moscow. Russian prosecutors have launched a probe into the Dozhd channel's coverage of mass protest rallies after a tip-off from...

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In this Monday, April 25, 2011 file photo Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, listens to Nataliya Sindeyeva, head of Russia's Dozhd independent television channel in Moscow. The Dozhd independent television station says prosecutors have launched a probe into its coverage of...