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July 30, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground left, speaks at the ceremony of laying the strategic submarine Knyaz Vladimir. Right: Artur Chilingarov, first vice-president of the Russian Geographic Society and Russian President's Special Envoy on International Cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctica.
- Categories: Politics
- Location: Arkhangelsk, Russia
- Event date: 30.07.2012
- Date published: 30.07.2012
- Author: Aleksey Nikolskyi
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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