On October 26 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin travelled to the occupied Crimean peninsula to address a forum by the All-Russia People’s Front – a political movement Putin started in 2011 to coexist with the United Russia political party.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin poses ahead of a meeting at the chancellery on October 19, 2016 in Berlin.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France in a new push for peace in eastern Ukraine. (AFP)