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Viktor Zolotov, the director of the Federal Service of National Guard Troops and Commander of the National Guard Troops, attends a wreath laying ceremony marking the anniversary of the Nazi German invasion in 1941, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Russia June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin - RC17EE6222D0 — Viktor Zolotov, the director of Russia's National Guard, attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking the anniversary of the Nazi German invasion in 1941 at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow, June 22, 2018. — REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) following Russian-Turkish talks in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia October 22, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS - RC16B3888800

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