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In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, Mikhail Korhunov stands in front of his paintings, portraits of (from left): Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Russian czar Peter the Great, Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin and Soviet leader Josef Stalin, at the top of Korhunov's house in the village of Severnaya Griva, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, Mikhail Korhunov paints the frames of his paintings, portraits of (from left): Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Russian czar Peter the Great, Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, Soviet leader Josef Stalin, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pyotr Stolypin, Russian prime minister from 1906 to 1911, at the top of Korhunov's house in the village of Severnaya Griva, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev comments before the Congress of People's Deputies during debate on his proposal to transform the Soviet Union into a confederation of sovereign states in Moscow on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1991. Officials also said that Gorbachev has agreed to independence for the Baltic republics and will issue a formal decree making them the first republics to win such recognition from the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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FILE - In this Monday, June 19, 1978 file photo, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali meets with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev at the Kremlin in Moscow. (AP Photo)

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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 23, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Monday, June 19, 1978 file photo, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali meets with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev at the Kremlin in Moscow. (AP Photo)

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U.S. President George Bush shakes hands with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at the conclusion of their joint news conference ending the one day summit, Sunday, Sept. 9, 1990 in Helsinki. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shin)