When the heads of the world's major news agencies sat down a year ago with Vladimir Putin at a St. Petersburg palace, they were treated to a long, sumptuous meal of Crimean flounder, a dish evidently chosen not only for its delicacy but for the political statement. This year it was tea and caviar at the stroke of midnight in a wood-panelled library.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) gestures as Florence Biedermann, Agence France-Presse Regional Director for Europe-Africa (R) looks at him during a meeting with the leaders of the world's leading news agencies, as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2015 (SPIEF 2015) in St. Petersburg late on June 19.
