RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN CELEBRATES DEFENDER OF THE FATHERLAND DAY IN MOSCOW
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov stand in attention during a wreath laying ceremony to mark Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Kremlin in Moscow on February 23, 2007. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
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