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The Olympic rings are seen at the Soyuz launch pad shortly after the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket was set into position on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. For the first time in history, the Olympic torch will be taken on a spacewalk. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill visit an exhibition, "Orthodox Russia and the Romanovs," devoted to the 400-year anniversary of Russian Emperor family rule, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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A security officer guards an empty decorated Red Square as Russian President Vladimir Putin places flowers at a nearby statue of Minin and Pozharsky, the leaders of a struggle against foreign invaders in 1612, to mark the National Unity Day in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. The national holiday of Unity Day was established in 2005 to replace commemorations of the Bolshevik Revolution. The Red Square is decorated with stars for Nov.7, celebration, when Russia marks WWII 1941 military parade anniversary. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)
