Russia

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, listens to a question during his and Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafik Abdessalam, unseen, news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Russia is denying comments by a U.S. official that it has endorsed a Syrian transition plan that includes a call for President Bashar Assad to give up power in favor of a national unity government saying that outside forces must concentrate on convincing opposition groups to soften their demands. But, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denied that Thursday. "We are not supporting and will not support any external meddling,” he said. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a brief statement about the Supreme Court's ruling on health care on June 28, 2012, after arriving in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Associated Press)

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Theophilos III (left), patriarch of Jerusalem, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Israeli President Shimon Peres (center) leave after the inauguration ceremony of a memorial to Red Army veterans of World War II in Netanya, Israel, on Monday June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Jack Guez, Pool)

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Nail Yakupov, left, a winger from Russia who was chosen first overall in the NHL draft by the Edmonton Oilers, stands with Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini on Friday, June 22, 2012, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack listens to U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk (left) during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday on Russia joining the World Trade Organization and the administration's views on the implications for the United States. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** President Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Associated Press)

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President Obama holds out his hand to shake Russian President Vladimir Putin's during a bilateral meeting at the G-20 summit on Monday, June 18, 2012, in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Associated Press)