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1972 Photo Contest, Portraits, 1st prize
Photographer

Klaus Gottfredsen

Jyllands-Posten

01 December, 1971

Alexey Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union, at a press conference in Aalborg, Denmark, during his official visit to the country. According to the photographer, Kosygin had to answer questions about confining intellectuals to mental hospitals and the fate of Russian jews.

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Klaus Gottfredsen

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