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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)

Moscow’s support for Assad well-calculated

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets Feb. 1, 2012, with election monitors in Moscow. (Associated Press/RIA Novosti)

Putin says he may face runoff in Russia’s election

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Inside the Ring

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Georgian president won’t rule out becoming PM

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Briefly: Europe

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A car decorated with white balloons is one of hundreds driving around Moscow's Garden Ring road during a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Cars circle central Moscow in anti-Putin protest

By Andrey Bulay - Associated Press

Youngsters show support for the Syrian regime and gratitude toward Moscow on Sunday in front of the Russian Embassy in Beirut. Russia has said it will use its Security Council veto to block any resolution threatening Syria. (Associated Press)

Russia stands strong with Assad as its last friend in Arab world

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

In anticipation of a new six-year term as president, Vladimir Putin has made forming a Eurasian Union by 2015 a foreign policy priority. (Associated Press)

Putin seeks power in trade

By Peter Leonard

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wishes Russians a happy New Year during an interview in his residence of Novo-Ogaryovo, outside Moscow, in Russia, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool)

Russia’s Putin dreams of sweeping Eurasian Union

By Peter Leonard - Associated Press

**FILE** Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili (Associated Press)

Richest Georgian finds wealth is no political protection

By Jacob Resneck - Special to The Washington Times

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with supporters in Moscow on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool)

Putin resists rerun; Kremlin ideologist out

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

Protesters shout slogans during a protest against alleged vote rigging in Russia's parliamentary elections on Sakharov avenue in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

Gorbachev urges Putin to step down after protests

By Jim Heintz and Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Russia’s president proposes election reforms

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russia’s opposition struggles for unity

By Mansur Mirovalev and Gary Peach - Associated Press

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appears on a national call-in TV show in Moscow on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)

Putin rejects any do-over of fraud-tainted vote

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

NJ Nets owner fails to buy Russia media holding

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

NJ Nets owner wants to buy Russia media holding

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Mikhail Prokhorov, one of Russia's richest tycoons and the owner of the New Jersey Nets, announces his candidacy to run against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for Russia's presidency on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Moscow. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

Nets owner challenges Putin for presidency

By Jim Heintz - Associated Press

Mikhail Prokhorov

Putin’s plan to regain presidency challenged by Nets owner

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

A protester with the words "no vote" covering her lips is one of more than 10,000 people at a St. Petersburg, Russia, rally Saturday after parliamentary elections that the throng claims were rigged to favor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's Russia United party. (Associated Press)

Large Russian protests get a response

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times