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Russian President Putin and president-elect Medvedev unvei the monument to President Yeltsin in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and President-elect Dmitry Medvedev lay flowers at a newly erected monument to Russia's first President Boris Yeltsin at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow on April 23, 2008. Putin and hundreds of the country's political elite gathered to pay their respects to Boris Yeltsin on the first anniversary of his death. (UPI Photo/Alexander Astafiev)


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YALTA, Ukraine, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Russian gas customers in the European Union will not face a cold winter following commitments by Kiev and Moscow to meet gas transit obligations, Moscow said.
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Putin may visit site of Katyn massacre
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