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Russia's Putin bikes in Ukraine

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July 27, 2010, 8:24 p.m. |

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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides Harley Davidson Lehman Trike as he arrives for the meeting with Russian and Ukrainian motorbikers at their camp near Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula, Saturday, July 24, 2010. Russian flag as well as Ukrainian is in the background. Putin has lept on a Harley Davidson and roared into a international biker convention in southern Ukraine. Around 5,000 bikers from Europe and beyond are gathered in Sevastopol for the annual festival on Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. From a podium, he described the motorbike as "the most democratic form of transport" and praised the bikers' free spirit.

Photos by Associated Press and Russia's prime minister official website.
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