Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Defense Ministry Board extended meeting, March 18, 2011.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the Defense Ministry Board extended meeting, March 18, 2011.

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Russian First Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov attends the Defense Ministry Board extended meeting, March 18, 2011.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov at the Defense Ministry Board extended meeting, March 18, 2011.

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Russian Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev, foreground, and First Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov attends the Defense Ministry Board extended meeting, March 18, 2011.

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Deputy Security Council Secretary Yury Baluyevsky, foreground left, and film director Nikita Mikhalkov, background center, attend the Defense Ministry Board extended meeting, March 18, 2011.

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March 18, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks at an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry Board. From right: Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and First Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov.

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March 18, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, right, greets First Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov at an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry Board.

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March 18, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry Board.

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March 18, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, center, meets with the Defense Ministry leaders and military district commanders after an expanded meeting of the ministry's board.

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March 18, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, background right, meets with the Defense Ministry leaders and military district commanders after an expanded meeting of the ministry's board. Background right: Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.

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March 18, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, background center, at an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry Board.

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March 18, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, center, at the Military Academy of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff before an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry Board. Right: the academy head, Vladimir Yakovlev. Left: Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.

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March 18, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry Board.

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