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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with Security Council members in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 21, 2014. There is no need for Russia to further retaliate against U.S. sanctions, President Vladimir Putin said Friday as Russia's upper house of parliament endorsed the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with Security Council members in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 21, 2014. There is no need for Russia to further retaliate against U.S. sanctions, President Vladimir Putin said Friday as Russia's upper house of parliament endorsed the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

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Members of the State Duma, lower parliament chamber, applaud for their voting during a plenary session in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 20, 2014. The Kremlin-controlled State Duma voted Thursday to allow Crimea to join Russia following a quick discussion in which members of the Kremlin-controlled chamber assailed the Ukrainian authorities. The merger needs to be rubber stamped by the upper house and signed by President Vladimir Putin, mere formalities expected to be completed by the end of the week. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)