Vladimir Putin isn't just angering leaders from Berlin to Washington. He's irking some of his richest friends, too, by snubbing their pleas to end the conflict in Ukraine and ostracizing all but a handful of hardliners.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the Government members at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, on Jan. 21, 2015.
