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Putin Announces Ukraine Cease-Fire to Begin Feb. 15
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Russia's struggling economy may help explain why President Vladimir Putin made a personal appearance at the Ukraine peace talks in Belarus last week.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the cease-fire that emerged as fragile, even as the agreement reduced the violence. A similar accord in September, also started out with a lull in the fighting, only to give way to unprecedented bloodshed by January.