President Putin opens a Security Council meeting, 2006 Russia photograph: Vladimir Putin sits at the head of a long polished

President Putin opens a Security Council meeting on Georgia's arrest of Russian officers (Moscow, 1 October 2006)

Vladimir Putin sits at the head of a long polished table with the permanent members of the Security Council and officials ranged along both sides, a Russian tricolour behind him at the far end. The tell is the opening remarks the photograph records, in which Georgian detentions of Russian servicemen are called 'a continuation of the policies of Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria'.

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Guilt by association

Date: October 1, 2006
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: War and the military, Security and surveillance
Event: Russia Georgia Spy Crisis
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.