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Flight, not fight: The Obama administration has disbanded in Europe a squadron of A-10 attack jets, ruling out their use as Russian President Vladimir Putin moves his military toward Ukraine. (Associated Press)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Defense Minister and Russian Geographical Society Head Sergei Shoigu attend a meeting of a board of trustees of the Russian Geographical Society in a library of Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 14, 2014. The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has urged President Barack Obama to discourage the Ukrainian government from using force against protesters in the country’s east. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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National Edition News cover for April 14, 2014 - Putin’s thinking keeps Westerners guessing: Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall to attend a meeting with Presidential envoys in Federal Districts in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. President Vladimir Putin threatened Wednesday to start charging Ukraine in advance for vital gas supplies ó a move that could sharply hurt his neighbor, which is already on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is intent on restoring his nation as a formidable world power, analysts say. "Russia has been a great power for centuries. And it remains one," he said in a terse but little-noticed acceptance speech when President Boris Yeltsin promoted him to prime minister in 1999. (Associated Press)
