'We will build a real Russian mecca': See the bizarre photos of Putin posing at music festivals and hanging with bikers during his controversial visit to Crimea
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Alexei Druzhinin (Associated Press)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, poses for a photo with participants of the annual Tavrida National Youth Educational Forum at Baikalskaya Spit in Stereguscheye village, Crimea.
Over the weekend, Putin and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev went on what they called a "working trip" to Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014.
The visit, which the Ukrainian government protested, was one more way to cement Russia's presence in the region.
Along with stepping onstage at a jazz festival and lighting candles in churches, Putin posed for photos with young Crimean supporters.
These bizarre photos captured by the AP show just how the visit went:
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