VIENNA - Russian President Vladimir Putin called Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the South Stream natural gas pipeline, a spokesman for the Austrian leader said on Dec. 9.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks while marking the Hermitage's 250th anniversary at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg on Dec. 8, 2014.