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Vladimir Putin's News Conference — Live Blog Dec. 18, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, on Dec. 18, 2014. [View the story "Live-Blogging Putin's Annual End of Year Press Conference" on Storify]