BERLIN - The turmoil in the Russian economy appears to be encouraging Moscow to seek compromise in the crisis over Ukraine, although President Vladimir V. Putin has proved so erratic in past months that Western leaders are wary of proclaiming progress, officials and analysts said on Dec. 17.
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An armed supporter of the self-proclamed People's Republic of Donetsk smokes a cigarette as he mans a position in the vicinity of the airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on December 16, 2014.
