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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JUNE, 12 (RUSSIA OUT) Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev attends the awarding ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace on June,12, 2016 in Moscow, Russia. Vladimir Putin presented State awards to artists, scientists and scholars as part of activities marking the Russia Day, a national holiday celebrating the then-Soviet republic's declaration of soveregnty in 1990. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JUNE, 12  (RUSSIA OUT) Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev attends the awarding ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace on June,12, 2016 in Moscow, Russia. Vladimir Putin presented State awards to artists, scientists and scholars as part of activities marking the Russia Day, a national holiday celebrating the then-Soviet republic's declaration of soveregnty in 1990. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)