The meeting , preceded by a lunch between President Jacques Chirac of France and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia , was meant partly to bolster Russian-European Union relations and overcome growing unease with Mr. Putin 's increasingly authoritarian governance .
Jacques Chirac /people/person/nationality France
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Jacques Chirac
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