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Veleriya Obarevich, left, and Yan Shamilov carry a Russian flag with the message « Thank you, Putin! » written across it through the Olympic Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)