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		<title>Success eludes Putin on some foreign policy fronts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[lthough Russian President Vladimir Putin has had some success strengthening Moscow's position in the Middle East, the "near abroad" area to Russia's west is not marching in step.]]></description>
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