Russia

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Washington Capitals right wing Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, fires the puck on goal after getting past Tampa Bay Lightning center Valtteri Filppula (51), of Finland, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Buffalo Sabres left winger Matt Ellis (37) knocks Florida Panthers Dmitry Kulikov (7), of Russia, off his skates as they battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert)

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Carolina Hurricanes' Brett Sutter (42) and Alexander Semin, rear, of Russia, chase the puck against Toronto Maple Leafs' Nazem Kadri (43) and Joffrey Lupul (19) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Dallas Stars defenseman Sergei Gonchar, of Russia, checks New Jersey Devils right wing Mike Sislo during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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Dallas Stars left wing Ryan Garbutt falls to the ice battling for the puck with New Jersey Devils right wing Stephen Gionta (11) and New Jersey Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov (28), of Russia, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 file photo police officers guard the site of an explosion after a parked car exploded outside a cafe in downtown Pyatigorsk, a city in southern Russia. A series of unexplained killings in southern Russia involving booby-trapped bombs has further heightened security fears ahead of next month's Winter Olympics in Sochi. A spokesman for Russia's main investigative agency, said in a statement that no motive had yet been found for the killings on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 on the outskirts of Pyatigorsk, which is the center of an administrative district created in 2010 to coordinate efforts to combat the insurgency. (AP Photo/Viktor Korotayev, File)

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A recent wave of violence in Russia, including bombings in Volgograd on Dec. 29 and Dec. 30 (above), have stoked fears of a terror attack at the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin, File)

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Russia's Anton Shipulin, from left, Dmitry Malyshko, Evgeny Ustyugov and Alexey Volkov pose after the men's 4x7.5 km relay at the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany, Thursday, Jan, 9, 2014. Russia placed third. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)