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Russian President Vladimir Putin reads a paper as he attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. Putin began his address to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with a lengthy denunciation of countries that he contends want to weaken Russia, including the United States who, he said, "declared victory in the Cold war and later came to think of themselves as God's own messengers on planet Earth." (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)