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FILE- In this file photo taken on Thursday, July 2, 2015, Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska attends Independence Day celebrations at Spaso House, the residence of the American Ambassador, in Moscow, Russia. Sanctions announced Friday April 6, 2018, are targeting 17 Russian government officials and seven Russian oligarchs, including Deripaska, who is being targeted with more comprehensive U.S. sanctions according to officials.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

A look at some of the Russian officials hit by US sanctions

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Facebook accused of hostility, censorship by Moscow for banning Russian pages

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Illustration on the nature of Vladimir Putin by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Proposed Trump-Putin meeting draws calls for caution and restraint

By Donald Lambro

FILE - In this June 24, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev walk through Lafayette Park from the White House to a attend a meeting at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington. The Trump administration opened the door to a potential White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, raising the possibility of an Oval Office welcome for Putin for the first time in more than a decade even as relations between the two powers have deteriorated.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Forget Trump — what did the Russians have on Obama?

By L. Todd Wood

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, walks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, centre, during a welcome ceremony, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey’s Erdogan says missile deal with Russia is final

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump still wants ‘very good’ relationship with Putin, despite recent get-tough moves against Moscow

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 7, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, prior his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, during the G20 summit in Hamburg Germany. The Trump administration is opening the door to a potential White House meeting between Trump and Putin. It would be the first time Putin has been at the White House in more than a decade and come at a time of rising tensions between the two global powers. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

US raises prospect of Trump-Putin meeting at the White House

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

Thousands in Russian city rally after shopping mall fire

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

A taxi in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, March 26, 2018.Russia's Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev was summoned Monday to Poland's Foreign Ministry and said he will stay in Warsaw in the coming weeks, but &quot;we will see&quot; about other embassy employees.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

US, allies band together to expel Russians over spy case

By JOSH LEDERMAN and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

In this March 23, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Donald Trump expels 60 Russian officials over nerve-agent attack in Britain

By Dave Boyer and Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Putin's Russia Becomes a Wild Card Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Vladimir Putin, beyond Western tolerance

By Robert Charles

Illustration on recent reverses in the Trump administration by Kevin Kreneck/Tribune Content Agency

Donald Trump gets a new staff, including those who disagree with him

By Donald Lambro

Swiss stage raids in probe of defense deals with Putin links

Associated Press

Illustration on Vladimir Putin by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency

The Russian selection

By Cal Thomas

In this file photo taken on Friday, July 7, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. On March 21, Mr. Trump lashed out at critics in the 'crazed' media for congratulating Mr. Putin on the occasion of his reelection to the presidency, a process democracy watchdogs say was not a fair contest. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Briefing papers warned Trump: ‘DO NOT CONGRATULATE’ Putin

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Friday, July 7, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. On March 21, Mr. Trump lashed out at critics in the 'crazed' media for congratulating Mr. Putin on the occasion of his reelection to the presidency, a process democracy watchdogs say was not a fair contest. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump defends call congratulating Putin

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during a meeting with opposition candidates who ran against him in yesterday's presidential election, Boris Titov, Maxim Suraykin, Ksenia Sobchak, Vladimir Zhirinivsky, Pavel Grudinin, Sergei Baburin and Grigory Yavlinsky, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 19, 2018. Putin, who won a landslide victory in Sunday's vote, said during a Kremlin meeting with seven other candidates who challenged him, that the focus should now be on raising living standards and solving other domestic issues. (Yuri Kadobnov/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin orders Russian diplomats to seek doping rule changes

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses Russian Paralympics Athletes who competed in the 2018 Pyeonchang Winter Paralympics, in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 20, 2018. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin tells Russian diplomats to seek changes in international doping rules

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Illustration on Vladimir Putin by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency

CROSSTALK: Through the Russian looking glass

By L. Todd Wood

The U.S. has been signaling its resolve against state-sponsored malicious hackers since the president last year elevated U.S. Cyber Command to full combat command. (Associated Press)

Best bet for U.S. is to beat Russian hackers in cyberspace, say experts

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times