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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, on the occasion of their private audience at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Putin and Francis met privately for 35 minutes Monday evening in the pope's private library. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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National Edition News Cover for November 28, 2013 - Putin outflanks his foes at home, Obama abroad: In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, on the occasion of their private audience at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Putin and Francis met privately for 35 minutes Monday evening in the pope's private library. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)
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FILE In this Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 file photo, then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, is seen during judo training at a sports school in St. Petersburg, Russia. Putin was elevated to judo's elite Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, when he was presented with the eight Dan belt, the third-highest honor. Putin received the Dan belt, three days after turning 60, from the International Judo Federation, which called him " a perfect ambassador for our sport" because of his position as head of state. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Government Press Service, file)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media during his trip to Russia's far eastern port of Vladivostok on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. Russian President Vladimir Putin urged President Obama on Saturday not to rush into a decision on striking Syria, but to consider whether strikes would help end the violence and be worth the civilian casualties they would inevitably cause. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during Korea-Russia Business Dialogue at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2103. Putin arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for a one-day visit for his second summit talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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FILE - In this Sept. 2010 photo released on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin carries a hunting rifle during his trip in Ubsunur Hollow in the Siberian Tyva region (also referred to as Tuva), on the border with Mongolia, Russia. Vladimir Putin turns 60-years old on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, and has recently sought to demonstrate his youthful vigor by many personal endeavors, but while he has shown creativity in his action-man stunts, the Russian president seems surprisingly vulnerable to the vagaries of oil prices. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service, file)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a glass of champagne during a credentials ceremony for foreign ambassadors in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the International Arctic Forum in Salekhard, a city 1,950 km (about 1,200 miles) northeast of Moscow just above the Arctic Circle, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. Putin said Wednesday that Greenpeace activists apprehended after trying to scale an offshore oil platform aren't pirates, but defended the detention saying Coast Guard officers had no way of knowing who they were.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)
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In this sept. 2010 photo released on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin carries a hunting rifle during his trip in Ubsunur Hollow in the Siberian Tyva region (also referred to as Tuva), on the border with Mongolia, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
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Pope Francis and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shake hands for the media on the occasion of their private audience at the Vatican, Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Putin and Francis met privately for 35 minutes Monday evening in the pope's private library. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool)
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** FILE ** Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he meets the media during a bilateral meeting between Italy and Russia, in Trieste, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
