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A mourner pays his respects to a Russia-backed separatists fighter during a funeral at a cemetery in the east Ukrainian village of Mospino, near the city of Donetsk, Ukraine, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. The militiaman was killed during recent fighting between Russia-backed separatists and government forces. Guns will fall silent, heavy weapons will pull back from the front, and Ukraine will trade a broad autonomy for the east to get back control of its Russian border by the end of this year under a peace deal hammered out Thursday after all-night negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday emerged from marathon Ukraine peace talks by announcing a new cease-fire deal, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on its terms.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin walks out during a break in talks in Minsk, Belarus Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/ Sergei Grits)
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Navy cadets march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Neva River embankment in St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Victory Day, marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, Russia's most important secular holiday will be celebrated on May 9. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Washington Capitals' Evgeny Kuznetsov (92), of Russia, waits for the puck to drop during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Arizona Coyotes Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, in Glendale, Ariz. The Capitals defeated the Coyotes 2-1 in overtime. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov will see his father for the first time since leaving home in Chelyabinks, Russia last summer when the pair reunites in Los Angeles as part of the team's annual fathers' trip. (Associated Press)
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President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are taking opposing tacks on Ukraine's ongoing faceoff with Russia, with Mr. Obama taking a hard-line stance and Mrs. Merkel seeking a diplomatic solution. (Associated Press)
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Russia leaders hope to draw world leaders away from neighboring Poland's planned commemorations and instead to Moscow, where the annual Victory Day parade will take place May 9. The plan highlights ongoing tensions between Russia and the West.
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French President Francois Hollande, right, gestures while speaking as Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel listen to him during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Talks among the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on a peace initiative for Ukraine ended early Saturday with an announcement that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart would discuss a proposal to end the fighting in a four-way telephone call this weekend. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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Ukrainian forces have lost hundreds of square miles more than was agreed under the Minsk Protocol. U.S. and Ukrainian officials say separatists in the east are pushing to establish a land bridge from Russia's mainland to Crimea. (Associated Press)
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., gathers a bipartisan group of senators to call on President Barack Obama to provide defensive weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian-backed rebel groups and to stave off incursions from Russia and Ukrainian separatists, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., flanked by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., left, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, where he gathered a bipartisan group of senators to call on American support for Ukraine, which needs weaponry to stave off incursion from Russia and Ukrainian separatists. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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Lesbian activists who happened to be seated on a plane in front of Russian lawmaker Vitaly Milonov decided to photograph themselves kissing and poking fun at the man behind Russia's controversial anti-gay propaganda law. (Ksenia Infinity via CNN)
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Then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin jumps off a cross-country vehicle as he arrives to a research institute at the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, April 29, 2010. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Friday, May 9, 2014 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a parade marking the Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea. With hundreds of new aircraft, tanks and missiles rolling off assembly lines and Russian jets buzzing European skies under NATO’s wary eye, it doesn’t look like Russia’s economic woes have had any impact on the Kremlin’s ambitious military modernization program. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday May 7, 2013 file photo, Russian Iskander missiles make their way through Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia. With hundreds of new aircraft, tanks and missiles rolling off assembly lines and Russian jets buzzing European skies under NATO’s wary eye, it doesn’t look like Russia’s economic woes have had any impact on the Kremlin’s ambitious military modernization program. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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Illustration on Russia's interference with global energy production by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, celebrates his goal in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
