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Follow live updates from NBC News as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual year-end news conference on Ukraine, peace, war and Trump.
But President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, speaking at an annual news conference, showed little sign of backing down from his goals in the war on Ukraine.
President Donald Trump is amping up the economic pressure on Russia with sanctions on the nation's two largest oil companies after his talks with President Vladimir Putin failed to produce a breakthrough on ending the war in Ukraine. The sanctions are a ...