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Vladimir Putin Annual Press Conference

I Envy Obama Because He Can Spy And Get Away With It
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the National Security Agency surveillance is necessary to fight terrorism, but added that the government needs to ?limit the appetite of special services? with a clear set of ground rules. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

A deflating and uninspired performance from Vladimir Putin this year, in which he relied on old lines and shied away from controversy. There were none of the off script fireworks that the Russian leader occasionally likes to throw out, and he revealed nothing new on any state policy.

The glaring omission was the fate of RIA novosti, which he touched on only in passing.

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