Vladimir Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) is shown the contents of a media kit during a visit to the media center for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vladivostok, Russia, on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

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Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov speaks about his new book on the wealth of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a news conference in Moscow on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)

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**FILE** Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) speaks Feb. 8, 2012, with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill during his meeting with Russia's religious leaders in the St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow. (Associated Press/RIA-Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Government Press Service)

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President Vladimir Putin talks to pro-Kremlin youth. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken with a cell phone, Madonna performs Aug. 7, 2012, during her concert at Olympic Hall in Moscow with the words "Pussy Riot," the band name of three feminist Russian rockers on trial for performing a "punk prayer" against Vladimir Putin, scrawled on her bare back. The singer has voiced hope that the three women are released soon. (Associated Press)

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In this Thursday, July 14, 2011 file photo, Ildus Faizov, a top Muslim cleric in the Volga River province of Tatarstan, addresses Russia's then-premier Vladimir Putin, unseen, in Kazan, about 700 kilometers (450 miles) east of Moscow. Faizov, known for his criticism of radical Islamist groups known as Salafists, was wounded Thursday,J uly 19, 2012, after an explosive device ripped through his car in Kazan. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool, File)