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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, right, as he meets with members of the Elders group in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)

L. TODD WOOD: Russia is hoarding gold; you should worry

By L. Todd Wood

A Russian biker is led by a Polish customs officer for detailed customs control as a he wants to cross into Poland as member of a larger group, in Terespol, Poland, on Monday, April 27, 2015. The group of Russian bikers are going from Moscow to Berlin to mark 70th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Their planned passage through Poland has provoked controversy because it is to include members of pro-Kremlin Night Wolves group, who have been banned from entering Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish border guards refuse entry for 10 Russian bikers

By NEBI QENA - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with members of the Night Wolves biker group in the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine, July 12, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Poland to pro-Putin ‘Night Wolves’ bikers: Don’t even think about crossing our border

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Obama traveled last year to Estonia, where he tried to reassure NATO members of the alliance's promise to defend against Russian aggression under President Vladimir Putin. (Associated Press)

L. TODD WOOD: Obama showing the world how not to deal with Russia

By L. Todd Wood

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized a string of provocative moves from the Arctic to the Black Sea in recent months in an attempt to intimidate NATO allies along the border for the old Soviet Union, including Hungary, Romania and Latvia, and boost allies of Moscow living in those countries. (Associated Press)

Russia recruits U.S. allies in Eastern Europe by raising doubts about security commitment

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with FIFA President Sepp Blatter in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday, April 20, 2015. (Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

L. TODD WOOD: Back the truck up for Russian assets

By L. Todd Wood

Putin outwits Obama on Iranian missile deal illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JED BABBIN: How Vladimir Putin undermines the Iran deal

By Jed Babbin

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, flanked by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, third left, visits the National Defense Control Center in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 17, 2015. (Alexei Nikolsky/ RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

L. TODD WOOD: Putin’s end game

By L. Todd Wood

Russian President Vladimir Putin poses for a photo with calling center operators after his live televised call-in show with the nation in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 16, 2015. (Mikhail Klimentyev, RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service via AP)

White House says Vladimir Putin ‘desperate’ for cash in weapons sale to Iran

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during an annual call-in show on Russian television "Conversation With Vladimir Putin" in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 16, 2015. (Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service via AP)

Putin taunts the West, says Russian missiles to Iran is a terrorism ‘deterrent’

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Israeli officials said the decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to allow the missile system sale was a clear sign that Tehran is already cashing in on a tentative nuclear deal with world powers, a deal that includes an easing of sanctions on the Iranian economy and faces a deadline of the end of June for a final deal. (Associated Press)

L. TODD WOOD: Russia-Iran Axis? Reset indeed

By L. Todd Wood

In this Nov. 19, 2014 file photo, North Korea's new Ambassador to Russia Kim Hyun Joon, left, poses with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a photo after presenting his credentials from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool,File)

North Korea aims to be more business friendly — with Putin

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Israeli officials said the decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to allow the missile system sale was a clear sign that Tehran is already cashing in on a tentative nuclear deal with world powers, a deal that includes an easing of sanctions on the Iranian economy and faces a deadline of the end of June for a final deal. (Associated Press)

Russia shields Iran from airstrikes, puts Obama nuclear deal in political peril

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Former technology executive Carly Fiorina speaks during the Freedom Summit, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 24, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Carly Fiorina: Hillary Clinton’s time at State ‘lacks accomplishment,’ has ‘some real blemishes’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration on Putin's renewed aggression against Ukraine by Nancy Ohanian/Tribune Content Agency

STEPHEN BLANK: Putin’s next offensive in Ukraine

By Stephen Blank

Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during a meeting on Internet startups in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on March 27, 2015. (Associated Press/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service) **FILE**

EDITORIAL: Obama should worry about Vladimir Putin’s legacy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Russian President Vladimir Putin and singer Larisa Dolina sing the national anthem at a rally marking the one year anniversary of annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, outside the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Speaking to tens of thousands of supporters just outside the Kremlin walls, President Vladimir Putin has described Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula as a move to protect ethnic Russians and regain the nation's "historic roots." (AP Photo/Maxim Shipenkov, Pool)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Cold War 2.0

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting of the Victory Day celebrations organizing committee in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Russia's foreign minister says the leader of North Korea is among 26 world leaders who have accepted invitations to Moscow to take part in celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/Sergei Ilnitsky, Pool)

EDITORIAL: Where did Vladimir Putin go?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in the Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 16, 2015. Putin resurfaced Monday after&#160;a 10-day absence from public view. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Vladimir Putin reappears after 10-day absence, looks healthy

By Irina Titova - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a terrestrial globe, with Russian territory colored pink, seemingly including Crimea, presented to him as a gift during his meeting with participants in the youth educational forum at the Seliger youth camp near Lake Seliger, Russia, in this August 2014 file photo. As world leaders gather at the U.N., during the week of Sept. 22, 2014, the U.S. and its European allies are consumed by efforts to blunt the savage advance of the Islamic State group, to end the raging Ebola epidemic and to make progress in nuclear negotiations with Iran. That’s likely just fine with Putin, since these issues distract from Russia’s presence in neighboring Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Mikhail Klimentyev, Pool, File)

KIM HOLMES: Russia’s, Obama’s endgame in Iran nuclear talks

By Kim R. Holmes