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(L-R) Gen. Nikolay Abroskin, head of Special Federal Construction Agency, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, President Vladimir Putin and Russian Pacific Fleet Commander Viktor Fyodorov walk during a visit to Vilyuchinsk submarine base at the Kamchatka Peninsula at Russian Far East on September 5, 2007. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov).

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