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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)

Summit allows Obama, Putin to revisit mutual dependency

By Anne Gearan - Associated Press

Ksenia Sobchak, a 30-year-old blond socialite and TV personality, has taken an unusual path into the ranks of Russia's protest leaders. President Vladimir Putin is rumored to be Miss Sobchak's godfather. (Associated Press)

Sobchak’s path from parties to protests

By Nataliya Vasilyeva and Laura Mills - Associated Press

SANDERS: Economic determinism a la mode

By Sol Sanders

Russian It Girl’s path from parties to protests

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and LAURA MILLS - Associated Press

** FILE ** Anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny speaks to the media as he arrives for questioning at the headquarters of Russia's Investigation Committee in Moscow on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

Russian opposition leaders questioned after rally

Associated Press

Protesters carry a message reading "Russia Go Forward Without Putin" as thousands of people rally in Moscow on Tuesday, the Russia Day holiday marking the declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. (Associated Press)

Russia’s independence day: Calls for freedom from Putin

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

Demonstrators protest the rule of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Opposition rally in Moscow draws tens of thousands

By Laura Mills and Lynn Berry - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Expelled’

By Seth Mandel - Special to The Washington Times

World Briefs: Talks stall on reopening Afghan supply routes

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Mr. Putin is refusing any talks with the opposition ahead of Tuesday's planned rally in Moscow.

Opposition’s rally will test Putin’s protest crackdown

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

**FILE** Russian police detain a protester June 6, 2012, near the Kremlin in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a harder line against the opposition since returning to the presidency a month ago. (Associated Press)

Putin’s hard line against protests to be tested

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

Russian police detain protesters outside the parliament building in Moscow on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, during a demonstration against a proposed law that would increase fines for participating in unsanctioned rallies. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

More than 20 detained in Moscow over rally protest

By Maria Rybakova - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian security forces (in background) hold their machine guns and surround anti-Syrian regime mourners April 30, 2012, during the funeral procession in Damascus, Syria, for the activist Nour al-Zahraa, 23, who was shot by the Syrian security forces. (Associated Press)

U.N. rights body condemns Syria over Houla massacre

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

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)

Putin lashes back at protests with more-expensive fines

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

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)

Russia’s Putin solidifies his power with new Cabinet

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Members of the Just Russia opposition party wear white ribbons during a session of the Russian parliament in Moscow on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Party members boycotted debates on a new bill introducing new tough sanctions against protesters. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

Russian lawmakers slap big sanctions on protesters

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this May 8, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama sidelined as player in summits

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration: Pentagon cuts

LYONS: Budget crisis drives defense strategy

By Adm. James A. Lyons - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Strongman’

By John M. Taylor - Special to The Washington Times

** FILE ** Unaware that a microphone was recording him, President Obama asked outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, March 26, 2012, for breathing room until after Mr. Obama's re-election campaign to negotiate on missile defense. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

As G-8 leaders arrive, new doubts about Obama’s international clout

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times