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• Nov. 27: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visit the Admiral Chabanenko, a Russian destroyer docked at La Guaira port, Venezuela.
• Nov. 27: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visit the Admiral Chabanenko, a Russian destroyer docked at La Guaira port, Venezuela.
• Nov. 26: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, react, during a welcome ceremony at Miraflores palace in Caracas. Medvedev is on a two-day official visit to Venezuela.
• Nov. 26: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, right, meets with members of the Bolivarian Alternative alliance known as ALBA, a leftist trade bloc led by Venezuela. From left, Bolivian President Evo Morales, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, in Caracas.
• Nov. 27: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visit the Admiral Chabanenko, a Russian destroyer docked at La Guaira port, Venezuela.
• Nov. 27: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visit the Admiral Chabanenko, a Russian destroyer docked at La Guaira port, Venezuela.
• Nov. 27: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, visit the Admiral Chabanenko, a Russian destroyer docked at La Guaira port.
• Nov. 27: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, 2nd from right, visit the Admiral Chabanenko, a Russian destroyer docked at La Guaira port, Venezuela.
• Nov. 27: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, background, visit the Admiral Chabanenko, a Russian destroyer docked at La Guaira port, Venezuela.
• Nov. 26: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks after being decorated in front of a painting depicting Venezuela's Independence hero Simon Bolivar at Miraflores palace in Caracas. Medvedev is on a two-day official visit to Venezuela.
• Nov. 26: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev arrives to the Simon Bolivar airport in Maiquetia, near Caracas. Medvedev is on a two-day official visit to Venezuela.
• Nov. 25: A Russian warship arrives in La Guaira port, Venezuela. The deployment of the naval squadron is widely seen as a demonstration of Kremlin anger over the U.S. decision to send warships to deliver aid to Georgia and over U.S. plans for a European missile-defense system.
• Sept. 22: A Russian warship leaves for naval maneuvers in Venezuela from Severomorsk. Russia's first such deployment in the Caribbean since the Cold War is timed to coincide with President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Venezuela, the first ever by a Russian president.