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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev puts on special glasses during a visit to the Boris Yeltsin library in St. Petersburg on May 27, 2009.  MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev puts on special glasses during a visit to the Boris Yeltsin library in St. Petersburg on May 27, 2009. Russia said the UN should pass a "tough" resolution on North Korea's nuclear test but stressed that the standoff with the reclusive state should only be settled through talks. AFP PHOTO / RIA NOVOSTI / KREMLIN POOL / MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV (Photo credit should read MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev puts on special glasses during a visit to the Boris Yeltsin library in St. Petersburg on May 27, 2009.

 MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images

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

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