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Russia's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin visits the United Aircraft Building Corporation aviation plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur about 6200 kilometers east of Moscow, on February 20, 2012. Putin said today Russia had launched... View Photo »
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Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin listens to President of United Aircraft Building Corporation Mikhail Pogosian during a visit in Komsomolsk-on-Amur about 6200 kilometers (3,900 miles) east of Moscow on Monday, Feb. 20,... View Photo »
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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) visits a workshop of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association after Yuri Gagarin in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's Far East, February 20, 2012. View Photo »
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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) visits a workshop of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association after Yuri Gagarin with Mikhail Pogosyan, President of United Aircraft Corporation, in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's Far East, February... View Photo »
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Russian pop star, singer Alla Pugacheva (2nd R), actor Leonid Yarmolnik (2nd L) and rock musician Andrey Makarevich (L) attend a press-conference of a presidential candidate, metals tycoon and US basketball team owner, Mikhail Prokhorov (R), in... View Photo »
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Russian pop star, singer Alla Pugacheva, attends a press-conference of presidential candidate, metals tycoon and US basketball team owner, Mikhail Prokhorov, in Moscow, on February 20, 2012. Prokhorov challenges Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the... View Photo »
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Journalists attend a press-conference of presidential candidate, Russian metals tycoon and US basketball team owner, Mikhail Prokhorov, in Moscow, on February 20, 2012. Prokhorov challenges Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the March 2012 presidential... View Photo »
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FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 file photo, a new Russian twin-engine jet fighter T-50 flies over Zhukovsky airfield as it takes part in MAKS-2011, the International Aviation and Space Show, in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia. Prime Minister... View Photo »
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FILE - In this Thursday, June 17, 2010 file photo, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin walks after inspecting a new Russian fighter jet after its test flight in Zhukovksy, outside Moscow, Russia. Putin, who is running to reclaim presidency in March 4... View Photo »
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FILE - In this Friday, May 9, 2008 file photo, Russian truck-mounted Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles roll through Moscow's Red Square during the annual Victory Day parade, with the Kremlin, left, and State Historical Museum, right, in the... View Photo »
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People standing on a sidewalk wave in support to the participants of the motorist's rally in Moscow, Sunday, Feb. , 19, 2012. Hundreds of cars circled central Moscow during an opposition demonstration on Sunday to demand that Prime Minister Vladimir... View Photo »
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Cars decorated with white ribbons and balloons seen on a street in Moscow, Sunday, Feb. , 19, 2012. Hundreds of cars circled central Moscow during an opposition demonstration on Sunday to demand that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allow free elections... View Photo »
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A woman walks near cans of preserved Pacific saury during the "People Fishing All-Russian Festival", under the patronage of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok February 19, 2012. The cans, together with an... View Photo »
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Fishermen drill ice-holes during a competition in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok February 19, 2012. Participants of the contest, which was held during the "People Fishing All-Russian Festival" under the patronage of Russia's Prime Minister... View Photo »
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A participant holds a flag with a portrait of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a car rally to show support for Putin's presidential candidacy in Moscow February 18, 2012. Russia will go to the polls for a presidential election on March 4. View Photo »
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Cars showing flags with portraits of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gather during a car rally to show support for Putin's presidential candidacy in Moscow February 18, 2012. Russia will go to the polls for a presidential election on March 4. The... View Photo »
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People walk in a park with sign "For Putin" written on snow in downtown St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Vladimir Putin runs to reclaim the presidency in March's election. View Photo »
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A woman attaches a car decal, which reads: "I am for Putin", before a car rally to show support for Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presidential candidacy in Moscow February 18, 2012. Russia will go to the polls for a presidential election on... View Photo »
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A man sticks a portrait of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on a car before a car rally to show support for Putin's presidential candidacy in Moscow February 18, 2012. Russia will go to the polls for a presidential election on March 4. View Photo »
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A woman wearing a badge with a portrait of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a rally in support of his presidential candidacy in St.Petersburg, February 18, 2012. Russia will go to the polls for a presidential election on March 4. View Photo »
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин?·i Russian pronunciation: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈputʲɪn]; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia) was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the... Full Article
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