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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill visit an exhibition, "Orthodox Russia and the Romanovs," devoted to the 400-year anniversary of Russian Emperor family rule, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his meeting with businessmen supporting sport at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Putin and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach opened a new railway station in Sochi. Russia is spending more than $50 billion on the Olympics, Putin's pet project. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (left) exit a commuter train at the newly built Adler railway station at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, in southern Russia, on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Making his first trip to Sochi since being elected head of the IOC last month, Mr. Bach met Monday with Mr. Putin to inspect the host city and told the Russian leader he was deeply impressed with the amount of work the nation has done for the Feb. 7-23 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)