President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen attending a joint press conference in the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, July 2, 2013.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) of Russia and President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen attending a joint press conference in the Kremlin, July 2, 2013.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) of Russia and President Nicolas Maduro (left) of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen heading for a joint press conference in the Kremlin, July 2, 2013.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) of Russia and President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen attending a joint press conference in the Kremlin, July 2, 2013.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) of Russia and President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen attending a joint press conference in the Kremlin, July 2, 2013. Second left: Rafael Ramirez, Venezuelan Energy Minister. Second right: Alexander Novak, Russian Power Engineering Minister.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) of Russia and President Nicolas Maduro (left) of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen heading for a joint press conference in the Kremlin, July 2, 2013.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) of Russia and President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen attending a joint press conference in the Kremlin, July 2, 2013.

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President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen attending the Kremlin's joint press conference with President Vladimir Putin, July 2, 2013.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) of Russia and President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen attending a joint press conference in the Kremlin, July 2, 2013.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) of Russia and President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen attending a joint press conference in the Kremlin, July 2, 2013.

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President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen attending the Kremlin's joint press conference with President Vladimir Putin, July 2, 2013.

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President Vladimir Putin of Russia seen attending a joint press conference in the Kremlin with President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, July 2, 2013.

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President Vladimir Putin (right) of Russia and President Nicolas Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela seen attending a joint press conference in the Kremlin, July 2, 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, greet each other during a meeting in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 2 July 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, talks to Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, during a working meeting in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 2 July 2013.

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Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, at a meeting in the Grand Kremlin Palace with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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