Russian President visits a nuclear powered submarine on the Kamchatka Peninsula
President Dmitry Medvedev (C) with Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (L) and Naval Commander Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky visit the 'St. George the Victor' nuclear powered submarine at the Russian Pacific Fleet submarine base at Krasheninnikov Harbor on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East on September 25, 2008. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
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