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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a terrestrial globe, with Russian territory colored pink, seemingly including Crimea, presented to him as a gift during his meeting with participants in the youth educational forum at the Seliger youth camp near Lake Seliger, Russia, in this August 2014 file photo. As world leaders gather at the U.N., during the week of Sept. 22, 2014, the U.S. and its European allies are consumed by efforts to blunt the savage advance of the Islamic State group, to end the raging Ebola epidemic and to make progress in nuclear negotiations with Iran. That’s likely just fine with Putin, since these issues distract from Russia’s presence in neighboring Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Mikhail Klimentyev, Pool, File)

KIM HOLMES: Russia’s, Obama’s endgame in Iran nuclear talks

By Kim R. Holmes

ADDS THAT RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCIES REPORTED THAT THE MEETING WAS HELD AT AN EARLIER DATE In this image supplied by the Presidential Press Service Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the regional leader of Karelia in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 11, 2015 . The Kremlin’s press service attempted to dispel the rumors about Putin's health Wednesday by issuing a photo of a meeting between Putin and the regional governor of Karelia. However, local news agencies had reported on the meeting as early as March 5. Russian news agency RBC cited an anonymous source in the Karelian governor’s office as saying that the meeting had actually taken place March 4. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Putin: Russia prepared raising nuclear readiness over Crimea

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service) ** FILE **

Vladimir Putin’s powerful grip can ‘break your hand,’ spokesman says to quell health rumors

By Laura Mills - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 10, 2015.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Pyongyang-Moscow love: Russia, North Korea step up warming ties

By Jonathan Soch - The Washington Times

Nemtsov Memorial Poster Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ARIEL COHEN: Boris Nemtsov’s murder — the tip of Vladimir Putin’s iceberg

By Ariel Cohen

Edward Snowden, a former contractor who fled the United States after exposing NSA spy secrets, shared documents with German magazine Der Spiegel that appear to show that China stole sensitive data about U.S. warplanes, including engine schematics and radar design. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

NSA leaker Edward Snowden wants to return home, his lawyer says

Associated Press

People follow the coffin of Boris Nemtsov during a farewell ceremony at the Sakharov center in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Boris Nemtsov case: Russian mourners view body of slain opposition leader

By Laura Mills - Associated Press

People carry a placard with the image of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov who was gunned down on Friday, during a march, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, March 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Elena Ignatyeva)

Boris Nemtsov case: Video reports conflict in probe of slaying of Putin critic

By Laura Mills - Associated Press