SRL for [with an address urging Russians to be heartened by the country 's progress , despite the war in Chechnya and the sinking of the nuclear submarine Kursk]: President Vladimir Putin of Russia marked the new year Sunday and his first anniversary in office [with an address urging Russians to be heartened by the country 's progress , despite the war in Chechnya and the sinking of the nuclear submarine Kursk] .
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