Accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation, D-Day 70th anniversary in Normandy, APEC summit in Beijing and other political events of 2014 in this gallery by TASS
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TASS presents the most interesting pictures of political figures and events of 2014 in this gallery
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IOC President Thomas Bach, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev look at their watches before the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
© ITAR-TASS/Dmitry Astakhov Crimea’s Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sevastopol Mayor Alexey Chaly shake hands after the signing of the agreement on the accession of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation
© ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Metzel Ukraine’s president-elect Petr Poroshenko attends the ceremony marking the D-Day 70th anniversary in Normandy
© ITAR-TASS/Aleksei Nikolskiy Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev take a chairlift ride at the Laura Biathlon and Ski Complex near Sochi
© ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Metzel Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) watches a naval and aircraft parade celebrating Victory Day and the 70th anniversary of Sevastopol’s liberation from Nazi forces
© ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Metzel US President Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande before the ceremony marking the D-Day 70th anniversary in Normandy
© ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Metzel Sergey Pyanov, the head of the Rossiya Agricultural Cooperative, and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) take a walk in a field
© ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Klementiev Russian and Belarusian Presidents Vladimir Putin (left) and Alexander Lukashenko head for the Victory Memorial in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to take part in a wreath laying ceremony
© ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Metzel Russian and Argentine President Vladimir Putin and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner have lunch in Buenos Aires
© ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Metzel Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev after a meeting of the Russian State Council in the Kremlin
© ITAR-TASS/Dmitry Astakhov Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev after a meeting of the Russian State Council in the Kremlin
© ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov Winners of the Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Games takea selfie with Russian President Vladimir Putin (center)
© TASS/Mikhail Metzel Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko and Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller (from left to right) watch the first Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Sochi
© TASS/Mikhail Metzel Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (right) heads for a meeting with Li Keqiang, the premier of China’s State Council, at the Russian government’s headquarters
© TASS/Dmitry Astakhov Russian and Serbian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Tomislav Nicolic (center) watch a military parade dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade
© TASS/Mikhail Metzel Crimean Prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya attends a meeting of Crimea’s State Council in Simferopol
© TASS/Ruslan Shamukov Russian State Duma Speaker takes part in a swim race at the North Caucasus State Humanitarian and Technological Academy
© TASS/Anna Isakova Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk answers questions during a news conference on the results of parliamentary elections in Ukraine
© TASS/Zurab Javakhadze Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (right) visit an exhibition in Moscow, dedicated to the Rurik dynasty, the first Russian royal house
© TASS/Mikhail Metzel Russian president Vladimir Putin during a tree planting ceremony as part of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing
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