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Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov seems mighty pleased with himself for negotiating a mutibillion-dollar nuclear energy deal with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images Got your own suggested caption for this photo? Send us your one-liners and we’ll print the best one below.

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov seems mighty pleased with himself for negotiating a mutibillion-dollar nuclear energy deal with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh:

Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov seems mighty pleased with himself for negotiating a mutibillion-dollar nuclear energy deal with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh:

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Got your own suggested caption for this photo? Send us your one-liners and we’ll print the best one below.

Joshua Keating is a former associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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