FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 file pool photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, flanked by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, watches military exercises at Donguz range in Orenburg region, Russia. (Alexei Nikolsky/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, file)