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title: President Putin with Alu Alkhanov and Ramzan Kadyrov at the first session of the new Chechen parliament (Grozny, 12 December 2005)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/putin-grozny-first-chechen-parliament-2005/
description: Vladimir Putin, in a beige sweater, gestures while talking across a polished table to Alu Alkhanov at left, in a dark suit, and Ramzan Kadyrov at right.
section: Collection
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# President Putin with Alu Alkhanov and Ramzan Kadyrov at the first session of the new Chechen parliament (Grozny, 12 December 2005)

Vladimir Putin, in a beige sweater, gestures while talking across a polished table to Alu Alkhanov at left, in a dark suit, and Ramzan Kadyrov at right, in a pinstriped jacket, with a Russian tricolour and the green Chechen flag behind them. The tell is the Russian president seated between the republic's president and its first deputy prime minister under both flags, which shows federal and local authority as one.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

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[← President Putin at a cabinet meeting praising the Chechen parliamentary election (Moscow, 28 November 2005)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/putin-chechen-parliament-election-cabinet-2005/) [Coalition leaflet on the Afghan National Army and a better future (Afghanistan, c. 2006-2007) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/afghanistan-us-leaflet-army-better-future-2006/)

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