Vladimir Putin

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National Edition News cover for March 4, 2014 - Moscow shakes up the financial world: Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and the commander of the Western Military District Anatoly Sidorov, right, walk upon arrival to watch military exercise near St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2014. Putin has sought and quickly got the Russian parliament's permission to use the Russian military in Ukraine.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

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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)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens to Gen. Ivan Buvaltsev, right, as they observe a military exercise near St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2014. pro-Russian troops held all Ukrainian border posts Monday in Crimea, as well as all military facilities and a key ferry terminal, cementing their stranglehold on the strategic Ukrainian peninsula. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and the Chief of Gen. Ivan Buvaltsev, right, watch a military exercise near St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2014. Putin has sought and quickly got the Russian parliament's permission to use the Russian military in Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and the commander of the Western Military District Anatoly Sidorov, right, walk upon arrival to watch military exercise near St.Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2014. Putin has sought and quickly got the Russian parliament's permission to use the Russian military in Ukraine.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)