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"My first assignment was in 2009 when the newly elected President Barack Obama came to Moscow. He had an official meeting with the opposition leaders, and only two Russian photographers where allowed to cover it. I was one of them, working as a freelancer for a news agency. I remember that there were a lot of the Russian security people at the entrance and they checked everything: my documents, my equipment… At one point, they became nervous about an orange ribbon in my hair. They asked me whether I supported the ideas of the Orange Revolution and only let me in when I agreed to remove the ribbon."
"My first assignment was in 2009 when the newly elected President Barack Obama came to Moscow. He had an official meeting with the opposition leaders, and only two Russian photographers where allowed to cover it. I was one of them, working as a freelancer for a news agency. I remember that there were a lot of the Russian security people at the entrance and they checked everything: my documents, my equipment… At one point, they became nervous about an orange ribbon in my hair. They asked me whether I supported the ideas of the Orange Revolution and only let me in when I agreed to remove the ribbon."
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