From left: Palestinian ambassador Afif Safieh, Indinesian ambassador Hamid Avaluddin and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after the credentials renewal ceremony in the Kremlin, September 18, 2008.

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Australian ambassador Margaret Twomey and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after the credentials renewal ceremony in the Kremlin, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (foreground) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US ambassador John Ross Beyrle after the credentials renewal ceremony in the Kremlin, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and US ambassador John Ross Beyrle (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Tanzanian ambassador Jaka Mwambi (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Ukraine's ambassador Konstantin Grishchenko (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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From left: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US ambassador John Ross Beyrle, President Dmitry Medvedev and the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Finnish ambassador Matti Anttonen (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Montenegrin ambassador Slobodan Backovic (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Palestinian ambassador (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Indonesian ambassador Hamid Avaluddin (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Turkish ambassador Halil Akinci (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Guatemalan ambassador Arturo Duarte Ortiz (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Australian ambassador Margaret Twomey attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Belgian ambassador Bertrand de Crombrugghe de Pikendal (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (foreground) to attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left), the Russian president's aide Sergei Prikhodko (background) and Nigerian ambassador Timothy Mai Shelpidi (right) attend the Kremlin ceremony of credentials renewal by foreign ambassadors, September 18, 2008.

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