French President Nicolas Sarkozy,center, greets russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Paris, Tuesday June 21, 2011. Putin is calling for international pressure on Syria's leadership over its deadly crackdown on anti-government protests. Putin is arguing against international intervention, however, saying it would be fruitless. Speaking in Paris on Tuesday, he used Iraq as an example, saying it is now "run by warlords" and has only gotten worse since the U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Prime Miniter of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko (L) and Prime Minister of Russian Federetion Vladimir Putin (C) walk after their talks in Moscow late on January 17, 2009. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko intends to return to Moscow on January 19 for the signing of a gas deal between Russia and Ukraine, her spokeswoman told AFP. AFP PHOTO/ PRIME MINISTER PRESS-SERVICE POOL/ ALEXANDER PROKOPENKO

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President Vladimir Putin, right, and his Belarus counterpart Alexander Lukashenko speak together at the Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia, in this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006 photo. With just hours to go before a threatened cutoff of natural gas to Belarus, Russia's gas monopoly and Belarusian officials on Sunday resumed tense talks over Russia's demand for a 125-percent rate hike. The politically charged dispute reflects strained relations between Belarus and Russia, whose close ties go back centuries but have been increasingly tense in recent years as Putin's Kremlin has apparently tired of providing political and economic support for Lukashenko. (AP Photo / Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel enter for their talks in Moscow, 16 January 2006. Chancellor Angela Merkel said the fast-expanding economic relationship between Germany and Russia "takes one's breath away" as she met President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin during her first visit to Moscow since taking office late last year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shake hands during their meeting in the Moscow Kremlin, Tuesday, Dec.6, 2005. India's prime minister arrived in Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials on energy and security cooperation and increasing purchases of Russian military hardware. (AP Photo/ ITAR-TASS/ Presidential Press Service, Vladimir Rodionov)

President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a joint press availibity, Friday, Sept. 15, 2005, after their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, right, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin in Berlin on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005. Schroeder and Putin concluded an agreement Thursday on a Baltic Sea gas pipeline aimed at boosting Russia's gas sales to Europe and securing reliable energy supplies for Germany. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi seen during a farewell ceremony at Putin's residence in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. The two leaders are thought to have cultivated close personal ties, Putin's daughters have vacationed with Berlusconi's family at their Sardinian villa, and Berlusconi according to news reports is one of the Russian president's most valued European partners. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service, Vladimir Rodinov)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with the British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie at the end of the G8 summit at the Gleneagles Hotel near Auchterarder Scotland Friday July 8, 2005. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI ROSJA.MOSKWA.9 MAJA 2005 PLAC CZERWONY Siedem tysiey zolnierzy wszystkich formacji rosyjskich sil zbrojnych wzielo udzial w defiladzie na Placu Czerwonym w Moskwie z okazji 60. rocznicy zwyciestwa nad hitlerowskimi Niemcami.Zolnierze przemaszerowali przed trybunami, na ktorych zasiadali przedstawiciele ponad 50 oficjalnych delegacji zagranicznych. Defilade przyjmowal prezydent Rosji Wladimir Putin. BUSH, PUTIN, CHIRAC, HU JINTAO, SCHROEDER 9TH OF MAY, 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY DAY PARADE IN MOSCOW LEADERS OF NATIONS - PRESIDENTS BUSH, PUTIN, CHIRAC, HU JINTAO, SCHROEDER

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI ROSJA.MOSKWA.9 MAJA 2005 PLAC CZERWONY Siedem tysiey zolnierzy wszystkich formacji rosyjskich sil zbrojnych wzielo udzial w defiladzie na Placu Czerwonym w Moskwie z okazji 60. rocznicy zwyciestwa nad hitlerowskimi Niemcami.Zolnierze przemaszerowali przed trybunami, na ktorych zasiadali przedstawiciele ponad 50 oficjalnych delegacji zagranicznych. Defilade przyjmowal prezydent Rosji Wladimir Putin. nz: prezydent Rosji Wladimir Putin 9TH OF MAY, 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY DAY PARADE IN MOSCOW PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP US President George W. Bush (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they sit down for a bilateral meeting 08 May 2005 at Putin's residence outside Moscow. Bush hailed Russia's "bravery and sacrifice" in defeating Nazism, as he met Putin ahead of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Bush, who the previous day criticized the decades-long Soviet occupation of central Europe, said he was looking forward to the 09 May ceremony on Moscow's Red Square, to be attended by over 50 national leaders.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, listens to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference at the Presidential palace in Cairo Wednesday, April 27, 2005. Putin, who became the first Russian or Soviet leader in 40 years to make an official state visit to Egypt, talks with Mubarak on bilateral relations and efforts to revive the tenuous peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Egyptian and Russian flags, right and left. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

** FILE ** Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, in this Sept. 30, 2002 file photo. Putin is about to embark on the first ever visit by a Kremlin leader to the Jewish state, a historic bid to cement improving relations after decades of Soviet-era strain. Putin is to arrive in Israel Wednesday April 27, 2005. (AP Photo/ ITAR-TASS/ Presidential Press Service)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, is embraced by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at the airport Hanover, northern Germany on Sunday, April 10, 2005. Putin will stay for two days in Germany. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)

U.S. President George W. Bush, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands after their news conference in the castle in Bratislava, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/str)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, shakes hands before exchanging signed agreements in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 3, 2004. Putin arrived on Friday to hold talks on expanding trade and cooperation with Cold War-era ally India but his visit began with some pointed criticism of the United States. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)