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Russian Expansion into the Arctic Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Vladimir Putin’s Arctic land grab for Russia

By Jed Babbin

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin calls poisoned ex-spy “scumbag,” traitor

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Putin signs bill that raises pension age in Russia

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Austria's Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz take part in the opening of an exhibition 'Imperial Capitals: St Petersburg – Vienna. Masterpieces of Museum Collections', a joint project of the State Hermitage Museum and the Vienna Art History Museum, at the State Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (Anatoly Maltsev/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin hopes Europe will resist US pressure on pipeline

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during his meeting with Austria's Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in the State Hermitage museum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Putin replaces St Petersburg governor as part of reshuffle

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The Latest: Putin urges EU to help rebuild Syria

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FILE - In this July 11, 2018, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow. Netanyahu is one of the few world leaders to enjoy warm ties with both the Russian and American presidents. Netanyahu has made frequent visits to Moscow in recent years to meet with Putin and coordinate Israeli operations in neighboring Syria with those of Russian forces. (Yuri Kadobnov/ Pool Photo via AP, File)

EDITORIAL: The fragile Putin-Netanyahu friendship

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Two calendars showing the Russian leader are displayed in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Salesmen say that annual calendars featuring the Russian leader are popular among tourists and Russian lawmakers. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Vladimir Putin’s annual calendars come out, reaction mixed

By FRANCESCA EBEL - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin aims a sniper rifle during a visit to the Patriot military exhibition center outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Putin chaired a meeting that focused on new arms programs. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says Russia perfected weapons based on Syria campaign

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FILE In this file photo taken on Saturday, March 4, 2017, The Russian Il-20 electronic intelligence plane of the Russian air force with the registration number RF 93610, which was accidentally downed by Syrian forces responding to an Israeli air strike flays near Kubinka airport, outside Moscow, Russia. The Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Israel's offer to share detailed information about the Israeli air raid that triggered the Syrian fire and led to the plane's loss. (AP Photo/Marina Lystseva)

Russia to study Israeli data related to downed plane

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)

The Latest: Mattis says plane downing won’t affect IS fight

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence, in Sochi, Russia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. The presidents of Russia and Turkey met in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Monday in a bid to find a diplomatic resolution to the crisis around a rebel-held region in Syria. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin announces demilitarized zone in Syria

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after their joint news conference following the talks in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Sochi, Russia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool) ** FILE **

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin set Syria deal on demilitarized zone

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE In this file photo taken on Monday, May 7, 2018, Vladimir Putin enters to take the oath during his inauguration ceremony as Russia's new president in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. Experts say Putin isn’t necessarily dictating every Russian influence campaign abroad. Some accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections appear to be ambitious individuals taking the initiative based on signals from the presidential entourage. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Russian meddling abroad: Does Putin pull all the strings?

By ANGELA CHARLTON and MATTHEW BODNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018 file photo, demonstrators shout anti-government slogans and hold posters that read: 'I want to live to Retirement', during a rally protesting retirement age hikes in Moscow, Russia. Street protests in Russia were once led by 50 and 60 year olds, and young Russians were long considered some of President Vladimir Putin’s most loyal supporters, but their children have taken up the lead, taking anti-government protests further, ignoring official bans and unafraid of police brutality. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Young Russians taking the lead in anti-Putin protests

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided by Central Station for Turkish Intervention, an activist-operated media group monitoring Turkish activities in Syria, that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a Turkish military convoy heading to some of the 12 Turkish observations points that ring Idlib, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Turkey sent in military reinforcements Thursday to beef up its positions inside Syria's last rebel bastion Idlib, activists reported, even as the Turkish defense minister said Ankara is still trying with Russia and Iran to prevent a humanitarian tragedy in the case of a threatened Syrian government offensive. (Central Station for Turkish Intervention, via AP)

The Latest: Turkey reinforces security posts in north Syria

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In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., presides over a markup of a bill to expand sanctions against Iran with respect to its ballistic missile program, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Royce says he will not seek re-election after serving out his 13th term. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Democrats still want Trump-Putin Helsinki notes; Royce pushes back

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as delivers a speech during a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russia’s Putin suggests long-awaited peace treaty to Japan

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In this video grab taken from Rosguardia official website, National Guard chief Viktor Zolotov speaks as he records an emotional speech, posted on the National Guard's YouTube channel in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. President Vladimir Putin's former bodyguard and chief of the National Guard has challenged opposition leader Alexei Navalny to a duel. (Rosguardia Press Service via AP)

Viktor Zolotov challenges Alexei Navalny to duel

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

In this video grab taken from Rosguardia official website, National Guard chief Viktor Zolotov speaks as he records an emotional speech, posted on the National Guard's YouTube channel in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. President Vladimir Putin's former bodyguard and chief of the National Guard has challenged opposition leader Alexei Navalny to a duel. (Rosguardia Press Service via AP)

Putin’s ex-bodyguard challenges Navalny to duel

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press