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[INTERNATIONAL RELATION] The U.S. and Russia

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President Barack Obama, his wife, Michelle, and daughters, Sasha and Malia, disembark from Air Force One in Moscow on July 6.


President Barack Obama watches two Russian honor guards lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on July 6.


President Barack Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, walk through the Kremlin after arriving in Moscow.


President Barack Obama, center left, speaks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center right, during a meeting at the Kremlin



Catering workers take a photograph of President Barack Obama on a TV screen inside the Kremlin.


First lady Michelle Obama meets with Russian first lady Svetlana Medvedeva at the Kremlin.



President Barack Obama greets members of the Russian delegation prior to his meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin.


Souvenir matryoshka dolls, or Russian nesting dolls, painted with portraits of President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are displayed near Red Square on July 5 in Moscow.



Obama and Russian President Medvedev shake hands after speaking during a joint press conference at the Kremlin on Monday, July 6. Obama said he believed the dispute between the United States and Russia over missile defense can be solved over time.


President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, hold a breakfast meeting Tuesday, July 7. Obama and Putin shared concerns about terrorism and nuclear proliferation, with U.S. officials calling the talks "very successful."



President Barack Obama greets students after delivering a commencement address at Moscow's New Economic School on July 7. The speech was not widely televised in Russia.



Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was in the audience for President Barack Obama's address at the New Economic School in Moscow on July 7. Gorbachev and Obama later met and had a "big philosophical discussion," a senior U.S. official said.



First lady Michelle Obama greets nurses during her visit to St. Dmitriy Nursing College of Sisters of Mercy in Moscow on July 7.




from msnbc.com

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