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Journalists watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow, Russia, on March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin scores some wins but tensions with the West mount

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Dossier author Christopher Steele acknowledged he was desperate to stop the Trump campaign and prompt the FBI to ratchet up its investigation. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Michael Isikoff: Dossier’s Trump-Russia collusion claims ‘likely false’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Russia resettles 30 Russian children from war on IS in Iraq

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

This frame grab from a video provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows missiles flying into the sky near Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. Israeli warplanes flying over Lebanon fired missiles toward areas near the Syrian capital of Damascus late Tuesday, hitting an arms depot and wounding three soldiers, Syrian state media reported, saying that most of the missiles were shot down by air defense units. (SANA via AP)

Russia: Israeli strike on Syria threatened civilian flights

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Recycling crackdown leads to violations

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, gestures as he speaks to his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, foreground left, during their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Presidents of Russia, Belarus talk over energy price dispute

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Illustration on President Trump's early term troubles by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

The tumultuous Trump presidency

By Donald Lambro

An Orthodox believer kisses the hand of a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchy during a protest against the creation of a Ukrainian independent church, in front of the parliament building in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Orthodox believers rally to protest Ukraine parliament vote

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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2018 file photo, damage can be seen to one of three Ukrainian ships seized by Russia during a naval incident near the annexed Crimean Peninsula. A top official from Ukraine has told the BBC in remarks posted on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, that the country plans to again send its warships into the Sea of Azov, a move that could set the stage for another clash with Russia. (AP Photo, File)

Official: Ukraine plans another naval foray into Sea of Azov

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FILE - In this July 23, 2008 file photo, U.S. Lloy Ball serves during a World League volleyball match against Serbia in Rio de Janeiro. Four-time Olympian Ball will lead an American delegation to a European snow volleyball tournament in Moscow this week. The ultimate goal: helping snow volleyball earn a spot in the Olympics - perhaps by 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes, File)

US teams to play in European snow volleyball tour

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attends a high-tech forum for youth in Yaroslavl, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Putin said that Russia has a big potential for the development of high-tech industries. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says rap should be controlled in Russia, not banned

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures while speaking at a closed-door synod of three Ukrainian Orthodox churches to approve the charter for a unified church and to elect leadership in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. Poroshenko has told the crowd &quot;the creation of our Church is another declaration of Ukraine's independence and you are the main participants of this historic event.&quot; (Mykhailo Markiv, Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Ukraine Orthodox OKs break with Russian church

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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis arrives to give House members a classified security briefing, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, not shown, on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Russia claims US ignoring outreach on nuclear disagreement

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In this file photo from Nov. 4, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, left, walk to lay flowers at the monument of Minin and Pozharsky at Red Square in Moscow, during National Unity Day. The Russian Church said on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, that Patriarch Kirill has sent a letter to the U.N. secretary-general, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and other spiritual leaders, urging them to help protect the clerics, believers and their faith in Ukraine. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russian Orthodox church calls on UN for help in Ukraine

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from left, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis right, and their Canadian counterparts Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, second from right, and Canadian Minister of Defense Harjit Sajjan, left, leave the Benjamin Franklin Room as they conclude their news conference following a U.S.-Canada 2+2 Ministerial at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

U.S., Canada demand release of Ukrainian sailors held by Russia

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this courtroom sketch, Maria Butina, left, is shown next to her attorney Robert Driscoll, before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, during a court hearing at the U.S. District Court in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Maria Butina, a Russian accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in federal court in Washington. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Moscow says it will help Russian despite her guilty plea

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a small copy of his nation's constitution as he speaks at a polling center after voting in local elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) ** FILE **

Nicolas Maduro’s backers taunt opposition, U.S. over Russian bomber visit to Venezuela

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, Russian musician Nastya Kreslina, member of electronic duo called IC3PEAK performs during a concert in Yekaterinburg, Russia. In recent months, Russian artists have experienced a spike in pressure from the authorities, with a string of concert cancellations and arrests that have brought an outcry from critics who see it as the latest expression of censorship against Russian musicians. (AP Photo/Anton Basanayev)

Russian rappers, other artists targeted in crackdown

By Francesca Ebel - Associated Press

Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia. He told a judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to align with Trump's "political message." (Associated Press/File)

Michael Cohen’s Mueller cooperation not about Russia collusion

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers watches the installation of a menorah outside the Tree of Life Synagogue before holding a celebration on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped Saturday, Oct. 27, at the temple. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Correction: Hanukkah-Holocaust story

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press