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 The head of NATO on May 9 urged Russia to "step back from the brink" and described President Vladimir Putin's visit to recently annexed Crimea as inappropriate. During a visit to Estonia — like Ukraine a former Soviet republic — Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen also said there's no "visible evidence" of Russian claims of a troop withdrawal from the border with Ukraine.

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