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• Aug. 21: From right, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov and President Vladimir Putin smile as they look at a model of a space vehicle designed by teenagers in the children's art pavilion of the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts. The largest air show in Russia's post-Soviet history opened Tuesday near Moscow to show off Russia's growing military muscle and to try to boost the country's sagging civilian plane-making sector.
• Aug. 21: Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov is reflected in the sunglasses of President Vladimir Putin at the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.
• Aug. 21: Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in a training simulator of the new medium-range Superjet 100 civilian aircraft at the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.
• Aug. 21: From right, Russian aviation heavyweight Sukhoi Chief Executive Mikhail Pogosian speaks with President Vladimir Putin as they stand near a scale model of new medium-range Superjet 100 civilian aircraft, foreground, at the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.
• Aug. 21: From right, visiting Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Vladimir Putin look at a scale model of Ukraine's Antonov An-148T aircraft at the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.
• Aug. 21: Visiting Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, center, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, second from left, touring the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.
• Aug. 21: President Vladimir Putin, right, stands near a scale model of a Ukraine's Antonov aircraft at the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.
• Aug. 21: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, looks at a model aircraft at the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.
• Aug. 21: Russian military aircraft take part in the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.
• Aug. 21: A Russian military aircraft takes part in the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.
• Aug. 21: Russian military aircraft fly in formation during the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.
• Aug. 21: A Russian aircraft, part of the Knights flying group, performs in the International Aviation and Space Show at the once-secret Zhukovsky military airfield on Moscow's outskirts.