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August 18, 2015. President Vladimir Putin (right) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left in the foreground) lay flowers to the monument to the defenders of the battery in the restored building of the Konstantinovskaya casemated battery in Sevastopol. From left to right in the background: Defense Minister and Chairman of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov.
- Package: Russian President Vladimir Putin's and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's working visit to Crimea
- Categories: Politics
- Location: Sevastopol, Crimean Federal District, Russia
- Event date: 18.08.2015
- Date published: 18.08.2015
- Author: Aleksey Nikolskyi
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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