President Vladimir Putin greeted the new U.S. ambassador to Russia on Nov. 19 with a demand for Washington to treat Moscow as an equal partner and stay out of its internal affairs.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin reviews guards of honour troop during a welcoming ceremony in front of the anti-submarine ship \"Vice-Admiral Kulakov\" in Novorossiysk on Sept. 23, 2014.