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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with the press after his annual televised phone-in show in Moscow
Tuesday, Jun. 01, 2010

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  • VLADIMIR PUTIN,
  • Russian Prime Minister, during a televised meeting, in response to rock star and Kremlin critic Yuri Shevchuk, who suggested that Putin start using his political weight to solve more of the country's problems
Photo: Alexy Druzhinin / AFP / Getty | Source: NYT