President Medvedev harvests sugar beet

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took part in sugar beet harvesting during his trip to the Oryol Region, Central Russia

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took part in sugar beet harvesting in the Oryol Region, Central Russia, on October 2, 2009.

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Medvedev drove a combine harvester through a sugar beet field

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"This is very easy," Medvedev said

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Medvedev said the combine harvester was "a serious machine"

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President Dmitry Medvedev, center, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik and First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, right.

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President Dmitry Medvedev inspecting an exhibition of agricultural equipment in the Oryol Region.