
Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts credentials from newly arrived foreign ambassadors in Moscow on Thursday, January 15.
Ambassadors from a number of countries, including Slovakia (Peter Priputen), Slovenia (Alenka Suhadolnik), France (Nicolas Louis Marie Olivier de Rivière), and Somalia (Mohamed Abukar Zubeir) among others, present credentials to the Russian head of state. The ceremony traditionally takes place in the Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.