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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, chairs a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Putin said that Russia will only deploy new intermediate-range missiles if the U.S. does, following the demise of a key nuclear pact, and called for urgent arms control talks to prevent a chaotic arms race. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin urges arms talks with US after nuclear pact demise

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

People take photos of President Donald Trump's portrait hanging in the Colorado Capitol after an unveiling ceremony Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, in Denver. Colorado Republicans raised more than $10,000 through a GoFundMe account to commission the portrait, which was painted by Sarah Boardman, an artist who also produced the Capitol's portrait of President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Trump portrait adorns Colorado Capitol after Putin prank

By THOMAS PEIPERT - Associated Press

This image made from video provided by RU-RTR Russian television channel shows a view of a forest fire in the Boguchansky district of the Krasnoyarsk region, Russia Far East, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's military to join efforts to fight forest fires that have engulfed nearly 30,000 square kilometers (11,580 sq. miles) of territory in Siberia and the Russian Far East. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP)

Vladimir Putin: Trump offer of Siberia fire-fighting aid a step to restoring U.S. relation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition figure, who has been detained by police and charged with unlawfully organizing a public gathering, sits in a court room as his lawyer Olga Mikhailova, left, reads documents in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Navalny has called for demonstrators to protest on Saturday outside the mayor's office against the rejection of several opposition candidates from the ballot for this fall's Moscow city council elections. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Putin opponent sent back to jail after suspected poisoning

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

This Monday, July 29, 2019 handout photo released by navalny.com shows Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition figure, sitting on a bed in a hospital, in Moscow, Russia. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was discharged from a hospital Monday even though his physician raised suspicions of a possible poisoning after he suffered facial swelling and a rash while in jail. (navalny.com via AP)

Alexei Navalny sent back to jail after suspected poisoning

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Police officers detain a woman during an unsanctioned rally in the center of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Russian police clashed with demonstrators and have arrested some hundreds in central Moscow during a protest demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council. (AP Photo/ Pavel Golovkin)

Putin leads Russian naval parade after crackdown in Moscow

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Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Robert Mueller citation of New York Times, liberal media sources draws pushback

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This image released by Magnolia Pictures shows Mike Wallace in a scene from the documentary &quot;Mike Wallace Is Here.&quot; (Magnolia Pictures via AP)

Review: Looking back at Mike Wallace, who made ‘em squirm

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska (right), a confidant of President Vladimir Putin, has been on a charm offensive in Washington trying to repair his tarnished image and rid himself and his businesses of U.S. sanctions. (Associated Press/File)

Russia sanctions, not relations, is right policy

By Luke Coffey

This photo taken on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, and distributed by Kremlin Press Service shows Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview with American movie director Oliver Stone for his Revealing Ukraine documentary in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin: Russians, Ukrainians are ‘one people’

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Attorney General William Barr, left, and President Donald Trump turn to leave after speaking about the 2020 census in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

William Barr probe pits Obama intelligence chiefs against Trump-aligned dissenters

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE In this file photo taken on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili arrives to attend her inauguration in Telavi, Georgia. Georgia's president says she'll &quot;wait and see&quot; how a debate in Russia about possible new sanctions against her country will shape out, cautiously welcoming conciliatory comments from President Vladimir Putin as preferable to &quot;threats.&quot;. (Irakli Gedenidze/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Georgia will ‘wait and see’ if Putin’s softer tone lasts

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Bolivia's President Evo Morales salutes as he attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 11, 2019. Morales arrived in Russia to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin during his official visit. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Bolivian president visits Russia to discuss expanding ties

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media on the sidelines of an industrial exhibition in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Tuesday, July 9, 2019. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says he opposes trade restrictions against Georgia

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to receive credentials from newly appointed foreign ambassadors to Russia in Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP)

The latest tall tale from Moscow — and a Riyadh reminiscence

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo at the Chigi palace in Rome, Thursday, July 4, 2019. Putin emphasized historically strong ties with Italy during a one-day visit to Rome that included a meeting with Pope Francis. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin asks Italy to help restoring ties with EU, meets Pope

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed at the Chigi palace by Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, in Rome, Thursday, July 4, 2019. Putin emphasized historically strong ties with Italy during a one-day visit to Rome that included a meeting with Pope Francis. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin’s pitch to Italy is attracting an audience

By L. Todd Wood

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a ceremony to receive credentials from newly appointed foreign ambassadors to Russia in Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin signs bill suspending participation in nuclear treaty

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. A fire on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea submersibles killed 14 sailors, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday without giving the cause of the blaze or saying if there were survivors. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin pulls out of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty amid fears of Cold War-style arms race

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this video grab provided by the RU-RTR Russian television via APTN , Russia rescue personnel return from a dive in a mini submarine to the Kursk on the sea bed in the Barents Sea, Russia. The Russian military says that a fire on one of its deep-sea submersibles has killed 14 sailors. The Defense Ministry says that the blaze erupted Monday while the vessel was performing tests in Russia's territorial waters. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP)

Fire kills 14 Russian sailors aboard deep-sea submersible

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press