In this photo taken on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and businessman and billionaire Arkady Rotenberg, right, mourn during the farewell ceremony of Putin's first judo coach, Anatoly Rakhlin in St. Petersburg, Russia. President Barack Obama on Thursday expanded U.S. economic sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, targeting President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff and 19 other individuals as well as a Russian bank that provides them support. Those named in the sanctions Thursday, March 20, 2014, include Arkady Rotenberg lifelong Putin friend whose company has amassed billions of dollars in government contracts. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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