KALININGRAD - On March 11, 2014, days before an internationally condemned referendum in Crimea paved the way for the peninsula's annexation by Russia, three political activists in the western Russian exclave of Kaliningrad staged a muted protest.
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This picture taken on July 3, 2014 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) attending a Security Council meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ALEKSEY NIKOLSKY
