President Vladimir Putin (left, foreground) giving the honorary rank "Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation" to Colonel Dmitry Kostyunin (right), chief of staff and deputy commander of the Long-Range Aviation, Air Force, while attending the Russian Defense Ministry's Board meeting in an expanded format, the General Staff Academy, Moscow, December 10, 2013. Background, left: Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 10.12.2013
- Date published: 10.12.2013
- Author: Mikhail Klimentyev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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