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Sochi Olympics countdown clock installed outside Kremlin in Moscow
A countdown clock for the 2014 Sochi Olympics is installed outside the Kremlin in Manezh Square, with Kremlin’s Spassky Tower at right in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mikhail Metzel>
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Putin speaks with British head of World Curling Federation in Sochi
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to World Curling Federation President Kate Caithness from Scotland, while visiting a curling center in a coastal cluster in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service>
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Putin inspects Rosa Khutor Alpine Center in Sochi, part of 2014 Winter Olympic venues
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, listen to Interros Investment Company President Vladimir Potanin, as he visits the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center in Rosa Khutor outside the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Putin on Wednesday toured parts of the Olympic mountain cluster, which will host…
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Imitation of crown mounted with 110,000 diamonds unveiled in St. Petersburg
Imitation of the crown of Russian Empress Catherine II mounted with 110,000 diamonds is unveiled at the International Jewellery Exhibition in St. Peterburg, Russia, on Feb. 6, 2013. <Xinhua/Zmeyev>
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A woman walks snow-covered park with her kid in Moscow
A woman walks in a park with her kid in Moscow, capital of Russia, on Feb. 5, 2013. A heavy snowfall hit Moscow on Sunday. Ducks can be seen in a park in Moscow, capital of Russia, on Feb. 5, 2013. A man cleans snow from the roof of his…
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People walk through a snow-covered street in Goyang, South Korea
A People walk through a snow-covered street in Goyang, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. <AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon>
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A Kazakhstan Passenger Jet Carrying 20 People Crashes Near Almaty, Killing All On Board
In this photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, emergency personnel work at the site of the plane crash outside Almaty. Kazakhstan. A passenger jet carrying at least 20 people crashed Tuesday in heavy fog near Kazakhstan’s principal city, Almaty, killing all on board, the airline and officials said. <AP Photo/Pool>
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Russian Ice Dancers Attend Presentation Ceremony Of Olympic Torch For 2014 Sochi Winter Games In Moscow
Russian ice dancers Tatyana Navka (2nd L) and Ilya Averbukh (L), paralympic swimmer Olesya Vladykina (2nd R) and supermodel Natalia Vodianova attend a presentation ceremony of the Olympic torch for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 14, 2013. Russian 2002 Olympics silver medalist and 2002 World Champion…
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Russian solution
It’s as if Paul Newman and Jane Fonda had fled the U.S. in protest at something or other ― they were always protesting ― and sought Russian citizenship instead. Americans would be surprised, but would they really care? It’s a free country, as they say. Whereas the French are quite…
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Archbishops Get Together In Tbilisi To Mark 80th Anniversary Of Georgian Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Constantinople, Patriarch Bartholomew I, left, and Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, right, talk during their meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Bartholomew I arrived in Georgia to mark the 80-year anniversary of the Georgian Orthodox Church. <AP/NEWSis>
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