Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with head of the Agrarian
faction Nikolai Kharitonov as he greets lawmakers during his meeting
with parliamentary faction leaders in the Kremlin in Moscow, July 12,
2001, (L-R) liberal Yabloko party leader Grigory Yavlinsky, chairman of
the Union of the Right Forces Boris Nemtsov, Nikolai Kharitonov, leader
of the Fatherland faction Yevgeny Primakov, Ultra-nationalist leader
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, parliament speaker Gennady Seleznyov. Putin's
political reform plans target forming a two-or three-party system in
Russia.

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