PIKALEVO - The factory meeting room where the Russian leader Vladimir V. Putin browbeat one of Russia’s richest tycoons in front of cameras from state television has become a shrine, hallowed ground where the Russian leader showed a path out of economic pain for ordinary people and calmed a spasm of worker unrest.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the ceremony of Presentation of Credentials by newly appointed foreign ambassadors of 16 countriesv at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 20, 2016.
