Before leaving the United States, Putin laid flowers at the graves of Soviet soldiers at Fort Richardson Cemetery

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09:50; 16 August 2025 year
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Afterwards, Vladimir Putin had a conversation with Archbishop Alexy of Sitka and Alaska. The Russian leader presented the priest with an icon of St. Herman of Alaska, the Orthodox patron saint of America.

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