September 26, 2013. President Vladimir Putin, center, arrives at the Khmelyovka training ground, the site of the Zapad-2013 Russian-Belarusian military exercise. Right: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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Participants of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, third from right, at a video conference following the West 2013 strategic military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at a video conference following the West 2013 strategic military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013. From right: Deputy Defense Ministers General Nikolai Pankov and General Valery Gerasimov. From left: Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu are on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region during the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise, 26 September 2013.

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Participants of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko are on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, the site of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise, 26 September 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, left, watch the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013. Right: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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Participants of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at a video conference following the West 2013 strategic military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013.

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Participants of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Participants of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Participants of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Participants of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was observed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Participants of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Participants of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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A helicopter takes part in the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, watches the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013. Left - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, left, watch the progress at the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013. Right: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, left, watch the progress at the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013. Right: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko with his son Nikolai, left, watch the progress at the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013. Right: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, left, watch the progress at the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013. Right: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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Participants of the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Landing craft take part in the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region which was inspected by Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 26 September 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the progress at the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, watches the progress at the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013. Right: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko watches the progress at the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, watches the progress at the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013. Right - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the progress at the West 2013 Russian-Belorussian military exercise on Khemelevka base in the Kaliningrad Region, 26 September 2013.

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President Vladimir Putin (second left) being welcomed at the Kaliningrad airport, September 26, 2013. Left: Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Right, foreground: Kaliningrad Region Governor Nikolai Tsukanov.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) being welcomed at the Kaliningrad airport, September 26, 2013. Right: Grigory Rapota, Secretary of State of the Union State. Second and third right: Lieutenant General Yury Zhadobin, Belarussian Defense Minister, and Sergei Shoigu, Russian Defense Minister.

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