LIVE: Vladimir Putin On CNBC

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping shake hands in Shanghai May 21, 2014.

Vladimir Putin is appearing on CNBC this morning.

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The Russian President just signed a megadeal with China, estimated to be worth more than $400 billion, that will involve building a massive pipeline that will send natural gas from Russia to China for 30 years.

Putin is also meddling in Ukraine, where there is a presidential election on Sunday despite pro-Russian separatists commandeering about 15% of the country and attacking Ukrainian troops.

We'll have live updates here.