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No end in sight: One year into Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine (logo)

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No end in sight: One year into Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine (logo)

FILE - Then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rides a horse while traveling in the mountains of the Siberian Tyva region (also referred to as Tuva), Russia, Aug. 3, 2009. Putin has shot back at Western leaders who mocked his athletic exploits, saying they would look þÄúdisgustingþÄù if they tried to emulate his bare-torso appearances. Putin made the comment during a visit to Turkmenistan early Thursday, June 30, 2022 when asked about Western leaders joking about him at the G-7 summit. (Alexei Druzhinin/Pool Photo via AP, file)

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Inside Vladimir Putin Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Russian President Vladimir Putin illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

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In this image provided by The White House, President Joe Biden speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone from his private residence in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021.

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Illustration on Alexei Navalny versus Vladimir Putin by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Illustration on Alexander Gabyshev and Vladimir Putin by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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In this June 8, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. If Donald Trump is serious about his public courtship of Vladimir Putin, he may want to take pointers from one of the Russian leader's longtime suitors: Chinese President Xi Jinping. In this political love triangle, Putin and Xi are tied by strategic need and a rare dose of personal affection, while Trump's effusive display in Helsinki showed him as an earnest admirer of the man leading a country long considered America's adversary. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

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The meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin carries benefits for both sides. Should they come to an agreement, Mr. Putin could say he could make progress where President Trump couldn't. President Donald J. Trump spoke at Nuss Truck and Equipment in Burnsville during a roundtable discussion on tax cuts and the U.S. economy in Burnsville, Minn., on Monday, April 15, 2019. At right is the president of Nuss Truck and Equipment Bob Nuss. (Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP) In this Friday, April 12, 2019, photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers his speech during a parliament session in Pyongyang. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during the International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with US President Donald Trump as he arrives to attend a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with US President Donald Trump as he arrives to attend a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, as part of commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

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Illustration on the nature of Vladimir Putin by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Illustration of Vladimir Putin by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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In this July 7, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. Trump had a second, previously undisclosed conversation with Putin at the summit it Germany. White House spokesman Sean Spicer says that Trump and Putin spoke during a world leaders’ dinner at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg earlier this month.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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FILE - In this July 7, 2017 photo U.S. President Donald Trump, bottom left, talks to delegates from Saudi Arabia as his wife Melania talks to Russian Prseident Vladimir Putin with the help of a Russian translator, top right, as the heads of government of the G-20 states and their partners have dinner after a concert in the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany (Kay Nietfeld/Pool Photo via AP)

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In this July 7, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. Trump had a second, previously undisclosed conversation with Putin at the summit it Germany. White House spokesman Sean Spicer says that Trump and Putin spoke during a world leaders’ dinner at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg earlier this month. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci/File)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses graduates of military and police academies in Moscow,s Kremlin, Russia, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Putin has pledged to continue efforts to beef up the Russian military and law-enforcement agencies. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the media after his annual televised call-in show in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 15, 2017. Putin has his annual live call-in show, a TV marathon lasting for hours in which he may for the first time declare his intention to seek another term in 2018, comment on the latest opposition protest and talk about Russia-U.S. ties and other issues. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ** FILE **

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the media after his annual televised call-in show in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 15, 2017. The 64-year old Russian leader mixed the tough talk with benevolent promises to disgruntled callers complaining about decrepit housing and low salaries during the four-hour marathon intended to burnish his father-of-the nation image. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)