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MOS2001050805- 08 MAY 2001 - MOCSOW, RUSSIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin gets the red banner of the armed forces to hand it over to Russia's new Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, right, at Sobornaya Cathedral Square of Moscow's Kremlin, May 8, 2001. Kicking off Russia's Victory Day commemoration, Putin warned Tuesday that fascism and imperial ambitions continued to pose a threat to world stability. Foreground is a presidential standard. cc/cc/Michael Levkin UPI

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