MOSCOW - Seeming to be searching for the right word during a prerecorded television interview, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Aug. 31 that one of the issues to be resolved in the Ukrainian conflict is "statehood" for the eastern regions now controlled by separatists.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Seliger 2014 Forum participants on Aug. 29, 2014.
