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Photo of the day - February 23, 2016
ISS crew Star city February 24, 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin Defender Fatherland Day February 23, 2016 Husky Fest Sled Dog Festival February 22, 2016 Patriarch Kirill Rio de Janeiro Christ the Redeemer Statue February 21, 2016 February 19, 2016 Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill February 18, 2016 Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery February 17, 2016 Lake Baikal Ships February 16, 2016 soldiers and a woman February 15, 2016
The main crew expedition 47/48 to ISS in Star City 'Husky Fest' Sled Dog Festival in Siberia

Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin Defender Fatherland Day

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier, near the Kremlin during the national celebrations of the 'Defender of the Fatherland Day' in Moscow, Feb. 23. Defender of the Fatherland Day is observed in most of Russia and former Soviet republics to commemorate the people serving in the Russian Armed Forces

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February 23, 2016
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