From left: Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Hyun-joon, Ghana's Ambassador Kodzo Kpoku Alabo, Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Nguyen Thanh Son, and US Ambassador John Tefft at the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall, November 19, 2014.

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November 19, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. Ambassador of the Central African Republic Claude Bezot, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Eritrea's Ambassador to Russia Petros Zeggai Asgedom, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Poland's Ambassador Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, foreground, after the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks at the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From right, first row: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Hyun-joon after the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin after the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. Uzbek Ambassador Akmal Kamalov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. Nicaragua's Ambassador Juan Ernesto Vasquez Araya, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Peru's Ambassador Juan Humberto Umeres Alvarez, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Hungarian Ambassador Janos Balla, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Tanzania's Ambassador Wynjones Matthew Kisamba, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Turkish Ambassador Umit Yardim, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Zambia's Ambassador Solomon Jason Mbuzi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Nguyen Thanh Son, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Ghana's Ambassador Kodzo Kpoku Alabo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Hyun-joon, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. US Ambassador John Tefft, left, and Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Hyun-joon during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Poland's Ambassador Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Poland's Ambassador Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: Poland's Ambassador Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz, Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Hyun-joon and Ghana's Ambassador Kodzo Kpoku Alabo during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. From left: US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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November 19, 2014. November 19, 2014. President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks during the ceremony of presenting credentials from new foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace's Alexander Hall.

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