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President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Monday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 economic gathering in Mexico. Mr. Obama needs Russia to help, or at least not hurt, U.S. foreign policy aims in the Middle East and Afghanistan. It will be the leaders' first meeting since Mr. Putin returned to Russia's top job. (Associated Press)
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A woman holds a caricature depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin during an opposition rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday. The rally came a day after policed raided the homes of protest leaders. Opposition figures likened the raids to the repression of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. (Associated Press)
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Demonstrators protest the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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Mr. Putin is refusing any talks with the opposition ahead of Tuesday's planned rally in Moscow.
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Russian riot police try to disperse opposition protesters in downtown Moscow on the eve of Vladimir Putin's inauguration in May. Mr. Putin has taken a harder line against the opposition since returning to the presidency, threatening demonstrators with prison time and onerous fines. (Associated Press)
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Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchange documents June 4, 2012, after their talks in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Putin and Karimov signed the Declaration of Enhanced Strategic Partnership between the two countries and the Memorandum of Understanding at their talks in Tashkent. (Associated Press/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)
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A Russian artist shows a portrait of President Vladimir Putin last Saturday in Moscow as policemen tell him to move along. Several hundred people accompanied the artists and their provocative creations during a protest timed to coincide with the city's annual Museum Night festival, a free event during which Moscow's museums are open late with special exhibitions and performances. (Associated Press)
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Among the members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's new Cabinet are (from right) Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, shown attending a Cabinet meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Government Press Service)
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World history is filled with authoritarian rulers who have pretended to excel athletically, including Russia President Vladimir Putin on the hockey rink.
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Dmitry Medvedev became Russia's prime minister on Tuesday, a job Vladimir Putin just relinquished. Mr. Putin is again serving as his nation's president. He struck back against critics in parliament irritated by failed policies and slow progress during Mr. Medvedev's four-year term as president. (Ria-Novosti via Associated Press)
