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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives prior to heading the Human Rights Council in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirill Kydryavtsev, Pool)

Putin to focus on Ukraine during trip to Milan

Vladimir Isachenkov · October 15, 2014 12:50 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds during an investment conference Russia Calling in Moscow on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Putin shrugs off damage from Western sanctions

Vladimir Isachenkov · October 2, 2014 5:10 pm

Russian parliament curbs media’s foreign ownership

Vladimir Isachenkov · September 26, 2014 4:08 pm

Russian investigators deny billionaire’s release

Vladimir Isachenkov · September 19, 2014 3:03 pm

Russian billionaire placed under house arrest

Vladimir Isachenkov · September 16, 2014 7:58 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Lifegiving Trinity Church in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia will develop an array of new nuclear and conventional weapons to counter recent moves by the U.S. and NATO. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

National Security

Putin promises new weapons to fend Western threats

Vladimir Isachenkov · September 10, 2014 7:05 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Monday, Sept 8, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Government Press Service)

AP Analysis: Putin pins his hopes to Ukraine truce

Vladimir Isachenkov · September 9, 2014 7:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Alexei Miller, CEO of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom during the ceremony marking the construction of gas pipeline "Power of Siberia" connecting Russia and China near the village of Us Khatyn in Yakutsk region, Russia, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

National Security

AP Analysis: Putin digs in for long Ukraine fight

Vladimir Isachenkov · September 2, 2014 6:20 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi shake hands during a meeting in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi arrived in Russia on Tuesday for his first official visit as president and was immediately shown a selection of Russian military hardware for sale. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Egypt’s leader in Russia for talks on arms, trade

Vladimir Isachenkov · August 12, 2014 3:22 pm

Women choose Dutch tomatoes at a supermarket in downtown Moscow on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Thursday. The move was taken on orders from President Vladimir Putin in response to sanctions imposed on Russia by the West over the crisis in Ukraine. The ban has been introduced for one year. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia retaliates on West’s sanctions over Ukraine

Vladimir Isachenkov · August 7, 2014 7:23 pm

Russian President speaks during a meeting outside the Tzar Pushka ( Tzar Cannon) in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Putin on Thursday presented state awards to cosmonauts, lawmakers, journalists and others. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

AP Analysis: Putin cornered over Ukraine

Vladimir Isachenkov · July 31, 2014 4:13 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with Russian ambassadors, envoys and diplomats at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo//Maxim Zmeyev, Pool)

Putin under pressure as fighting rages in Ukraine

Vladimir Isachenkov · July 2, 2014 6:03 pm