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Trump and Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska

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Russia's nuclear submarine Khabarovsk.

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Donald Trump in South Korea on 29 October.

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Vladimir Putin speaks at the Russian Geographical Society congress at the Kremlin, 23 Oct

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Vladimir Putin delivers a speech in Moscow.

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Donald Trump with Vladimir Putin.

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Donald Trump greets Volodymyr Zelenskyy at White House on 17 October.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Donald Trump (file photo)

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