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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 14, 2014. The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has urged President Barack Obama to discourage the Ukrainian government from using force against protesters in the country’s east. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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National Edition News cover for April 14, 2014 - Putin’s thinking keeps Westerners guessing: Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall to attend a meeting with Presidential envoys in Federal Districts in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. President Vladimir Putin threatened Wednesday to start charging Ukraine in advance for vital gas supplies ó a move that could sharply hurt his neighbor, which is already on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is intent on restoring his nation as a formidable world power, analysts say. "Russia has been a great power for centuries. And it remains one," he said in a terse but little-noticed acceptance speech when President Boris Yeltsin promoted him to prime minister in 1999. (Associated Press)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a Cabinet meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. President Vladimir Putin has threatened that Russia's state-owned gas company could ask Ukraine to pay for gas in advance, according to Russian state news agencies. In a meeting Wednesday with government ministers, Putin said that asking for advance payments "corresponded with the contract" between Ukraine and Russia, but asked that state energy giant Gazprom refrain from such drastic measures until "additional consultations" between both sides. From right, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)
