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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., flanked by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., left, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, where he gathered a bipartisan group of senators to call on American support for Ukraine, which needs weaponry to stave off incursion from Russia and Ukrainian separatists. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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Lesbian activists who happened to be seated on a plane in front of Russian lawmaker Vitaly Milonov decided to photograph themselves kissing and poking fun at the man behind Russia's controversial anti-gay propaganda law. (Ksenia Infinity via CNN)
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Then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin jumps off a cross-country vehicle as he arrives to a research institute at the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, April 29, 2010. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Friday, May 9, 2014 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a parade marking the Victory Day in Sevastopol, Crimea. With hundreds of new aircraft, tanks and missiles rolling off assembly lines and Russian jets buzzing European skies under NATO’s wary eye, it doesn’t look like Russia’s economic woes have had any impact on the Kremlin’s ambitious military modernization program. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday May 7, 2013 file photo, Russian Iskander missiles make their way through Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia. With hundreds of new aircraft, tanks and missiles rolling off assembly lines and Russian jets buzzing European skies under NATO’s wary eye, it doesn’t look like Russia’s economic woes have had any impact on the Kremlin’s ambitious military modernization program. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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Illustration on Russia's interference with global energy production by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, celebrates his goal in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Hungary on Monday that her nation will not provide military hardware to Ukraine and asserted that the war with Russia-backed forces "cannot be solved militarily." (Associated Press)
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"You don't deal with a thug like Vladimir Putin by asking nicely," House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican, said in his critique of the Obama administration policy on Russia. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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The city's landmarks St. Isaak's Cathedral is silhouetted as the sun sets in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Miss Universe contestant Yulia Alipova, of Russia, poses during the Yamamay swimsuit runway show, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, in Doral, Fla. The Miss Universe pageant will be held Jan. 25 in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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In this Nov. 19, 2014 file photo, North Korea's new Ambassador to Russia Kim Hyun Joon, left, poses with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a photo after presenting his credentials from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool,File)
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FILE - This is a Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 file photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande, right, during a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEM summit of European and Asian leaders in Milan, northern Italy. EU sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine are cutting both ways and pinching some big European companies. But economic relief isn't likely any time soon, diplomats and analysts say: EU rules make the sanctions tough to overturn. France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine are trying to set up talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, toward easing the tensions behind sanctions that have hit Russia's economy, sent the ruble sinking and affected corporate Europe _ including banks, oil companies, machinery makers and food giants. (AP Photo/Daniel Dal Zennaro, Pool, File)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's Strategy Chess Bear (Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a live video link with members of Russian Geographical Society expedition to the Southern Pole in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev listens during a meeting with senior ruling United Russia Party officials in Moscow, Russia on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014. Medvedev has warned that the country faces a risk of a "deep recession" if the government ditches its spending plans. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Shtukina, Government Press service)
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President Obama rejected Sunday the notion that Russia outmaneuvered the U.S. in a geopolitical chess match. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with members of the Night Wolves biker group in the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine, July 12, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
