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** FILE ** This Feb. 28, 2014, file-pool photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin during his working meetings at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky, File-Pool)

Invasion of Ukraine isn’t Putin’s only option

By LYNN BERRY - Associated Press

President Barack Obama gestures as he answers a question regarding the ongoing situation in the Ukraine, during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, March 3, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama warns U.S. may retaliate against Russia with economic sanctions

By Dave Boyer and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia and warned the Europe not to "serve" the United States. He also stressed Russia does not fear any Western sanctions, saying that if forced to choose between life and sausage, "we choose life." (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)

Russia slams West’s support for Ukraine opposition

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, standing left, gives a pair of Idaho potatoes as a gift for Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the start of their meeting at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Paris, France, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Kerry is in Paris on a two-day meeting on Syria to rally international support for ending the three-year civil war in Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Syrian peace talks yield potato diplomacy

By LARA JAKES - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives for closed-door nuclear talks with Iran at the United Nations offices in Geneva on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

Russian foreign minister: Iran backed U.S. nuclear proposal

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Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy (right) accompanies his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov (center), following their meeting in Cairo on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. Mr. Fahmy said Russia was too important to be a substitute for the United States as Cairo’s foreign ally and backer. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt gives Russian dignitaries red carpet welcome

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani meets with Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at his office in Tehran, Iran, Saturday Nov. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Deja vu all over again: Iranian nuke talks hit snag

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GAFFNEY: Syria and the poisonous fruit of wishful thinking

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with U.N. Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center, next to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, during a press conference after their meeting at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

US, Russia reach deal on Syria chemical weapons

By John Solomon - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with U.N. Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, center, next to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, during a press conference after their meeting at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)

John Kerry: Syria peace prospects ride on weapons talks

By John Heilprin and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

President Obama, flanked by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell (left) and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, speaks to members of the press before the start of a cabinet meeting on Sept. 12, 2013, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. (Associated Press)

As Syria talks with Russia, Obama’s ‘red line’ starts to fade

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been a thorn in Obama's side throughout the unrest. He's said it's the rebels, not Assad, who has used chemical weapons. He's dispatched Russian warships to stalk American destroyers in the Mediterranean and threatened to side with Assad in the event of an American strike. (credit:AP)

Putin offers Obama face-saving lifeline in push for Syria to surrender chemical weapons

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (right) meets with with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Berlin on Feb. 26, 2013. Berlin is the second stop in Kerry’s first trip overseas as Secretary of State. (Associated Press/dpa, Maurizio Gambarini)

Administration close to Syria decision as John Kerry meets with Russian counterpart

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his first foreign policy speech on Feb. 20, 2013, in Old Cabel Hall at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. (Associated Press)

Syria divide casts shadow over Kerry-Lavrov meeting

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.N. envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi talk during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russian foreign minister says Assad won’t go

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right) welcomes his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Kamel Amr prior to a meeting in Moscow on Dec. 28, 2012. (Associated Press)

Russia reaches out to Syrian coalition

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

** FILE ** Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem (from left), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov meet in Moscow on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. (AP Photo, Pool)

Russia backtracks on statement about Assad’s fall

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Syria’s civil war spills to Lebanon

By Barbara Surk - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

U.S., Russian diplomats meet with Brahimi over Syria

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press