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Putin meets with media from G8 countries

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-04 17:13

Russian President Vladimir Putin (3rd R) gives an interview to selected media from Group of Eight countries in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow in this photo released June 4, 2007. Putin set the stage for a frosty G8 summit this week by launching broadsides at the West over missile defence, Kosovo and democratic standards. [Reuters]