WASHINGTON — “I have to do a TV broadcast now, can I call you back in maybe an hour?” Angela Stent, the director of the Russian studies department at Georgetown University, said when she picked up the phone. An hour later she apologized again. “I’m afraid I’ll have to call you back.”
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Russian-inspired floats, featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin, parade during the Nice Carnival on March 2, 2014 in Nice, southeastern France. The theme of this year's carnival, running from February 14 until March 4, 2014, is the \"King of Gastronomy\". AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE
