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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel seen at news conference at the Bocharov Ruchei presidential residence at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2009. Merkel visited Medvedev in the Black Sea resort of Sochi to discuss energy, business and Russia's human rights record. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)