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![KUCHMA PUTIN](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F4%2F35%2F43521_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmxhZGltaXIgUm9kaW9ub3YgIzQzNTIx_116%3A95_sputnik-43521-preview_c81984e150e07cb3546efbbeeb1a5c9a.jpg)
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (left) and acting Russian President Vladimir Putin (2d left) congratulating war veterans during the celebration of the 55th anniversary of VE Day.
- Location: Belgorod region, Russia
- Event date: 09.05.2000
- Date published: 21.12.2004
- Author: Vladimir Rodionov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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