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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, attend the talks at a summit with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016.(Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin grimaces as he attends the Business Russia Congress in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Putin said that Russia would offer more freedom to private business to help offset the impact of Western sanctions.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Business Russia Congress in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Putin said that Russia would offer more freedom to private business to help offset the impact of Western sanctions. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)
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FILE- In this Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 file photo, Russia's Mikhail Ryzhov celebrates winning silver with the men's 50 kilometer race walk at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia. Five Russian race walkers have been suspended for four years after testing positive for EPO. The sanctions were announced Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The five, including 2013 world championship silver medalist Mikhail Ryzhov, all tested positive for blood-boosting EPO in June 2015 at Russia’s national training center in Saransk. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
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Critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin say he is manipulating media in order to push his country's territorial aggressions. It is seen as the latest chapter in Moscow's propaganda war in Scandinavia and the Baltic states, where Russia is seeking influence. (Associated Press)
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In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 photo, humanitarian aid delivered from Russia in a warehouse is stored in a "Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center" near an airport in the town of Nis, Serbia. Some Western NGOs and military analysts say the Russians have created a thinly disguised military base that is eavesdropping on American military interests in the Balkans. While Serbia is still close to Russia, its neighbors are increasingly distrustful of Moscow’s intentions and presence, especially ex-Soviet bloc states like Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, which suffered under iron fist communist rule for decades after World War II. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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FILE - A Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 file screenshot of the Fancy Bears website fancybear.net seen on a computes screen in Moscow, Russia. Somewhere in Russia, one imagines, computer hackers are congratulating themselves on a well-executed con. By stealing and then publishing the private medical files of more than 100 international athletes from a World Anti-Doping Agency database, the self-described “Fancy Bears hack team” diverted attention from Russia’s systemic abuse of banned performance-enhancing drugs in sport, the biggest doping scandal since East German officials fed powerful steroids to teenagers during the Cold War. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016 file photo, a view of the Luzhniki stadium, which is undergoing a major rebuild to be ready to host the 2018 World Cup final, in Moscow, Russia. FIFA has disbanded its anti-racism task force, declaring the work complete despite ongoing concerns about discriminatory behavior in 2018 World Cup host Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
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A woman walks in front of an election poster of the Party of Growth in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. Russia's parliamentary election will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Illustration on Russia's threat to its neighbors by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during an awarding ceremony for Russia's Olympians in Moscow's Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday attacked the ban on his country from the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics as immoral and inhumane. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Russia-Turkey Relations Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands at a news conference after their talks in the Konstantin palace outside St.Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. President Erdogan travels to Russia to meet with President Putin for the first time since apologizing in late June for the downing of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border in November last year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Donald Trump said that he wouldn't be a pushover as U.S. president in dealing with the Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin during media forum of the All-Russia People's Front in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, April 7, 2016. Speaking Thursday at a media forum in St. Petersburg, Putin rejected links to offshore accounts, calling the leaks part of Western efforts to weaken Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with senior Interior Ministry officers in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told top police officials that Russians will support the police even when they use repressive measures, if the actions are made in society’s interests. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool photo via AP)
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One report says that any cease-fire in Syria will not prevent Russia from continuing to bomb Aleppo, the rebel-held city, under the ruse of targeting terrorists.
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Iran Purchasing Arms from Russia Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE In this August 7, 2013 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov, in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia. Kadyrov, whose five-year stint as Chechnya’s regional leader expires in April 2016, has recently issued a stream of threats against Russia’s liberal opposition, which observers see as part of his efforts to secure President Vladimir Putin’s support. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a regional meeting of pro-Kremlin United Peoples' Front in Stavropol, on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016. Putin has said that the Russian air campaign in Syria will last for as long as it's necessary to support the Syrian army's offensive. During a meeting with students on a visit to Stavropol in southern Russia, he said Moscow's goal is to help Damascus defeat "terrorists." (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
