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President Putin with Alu Alkhanov and Ramzan Kadyrov, 2005 Russia photograph: Vladimir Putin, in a beige sweater, gestures

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

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Date
December 12, 2005
Period
Contemporary
Made by
Presidential Press and Information Office (kremlin.ru)

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Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights
Region
Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Country
Russia
Medium
Photograph
Issuer type
State
Regime
Putin Government
Leader
Vladimir Putin
Audience
Mixed
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Themes
Elections and party politics, War and the military
Event
Second Chechen War
Regime
Russian Federation under Vladimir Putin
Leader
Vladimir Putin
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
President of Russia (kremlin.ru), retrieved October 12, 2026
Rights
CC BY 4.0 (kremlin.ru, licence stated on the site)
Presidential Press and Information Office (kremlin.ru), CC BY 4.0.

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