Russia

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Russia's Alexander Ovechkin, left, competes with Ryan Carter of team USA during the 2013 Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships Group B Quarterfinal match Russia vs USA in Helsinki, Finland on Thursday May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/LEHTIKUVA / Martti Kainulainen)

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Slovakia's goalkeeper Jaroslav Janus, left, looks at teammate Rene Vydareny and Russia's Yevgeni Kuznetsov, right, who vie for the puck during the 2013 Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships Group B preliminary round match Slovakia vs Russia in Helsinki, Finland, on Sunday May 12, 2013. (AP Photo / LEHTIKUVA, Markku Ulander)

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Russia's Yevgeni Kuznetsov, left, challenges Austria's Martin Schumnig during the 2013 Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships Group B preliminary round match Austria vs Russia in Helsinki, Monday, May 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Jussi Nukari)

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Washington Capitals captain and left wing, Alex Ovechkin, from Russia, speaks during a media availability at their NHL hockey practice facility, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in Arlington, Va. The Capitals were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the New York Rangers.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Washington Capitals captain and left wing, Alex Ovechkin, from Russia, pauses while speaking during a media availability at their NHL hockey practice facility, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in Arlington, Va. The Capitals were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the New York Rangers.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, and center Nicklas Backstrom (19), from Sweden, skate during a break in the action, in the first period of Game 5 first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey series against the New York Rangers, Friday, May 10, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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New York Rangers right wing Mats Zuccarello (36), of Norway, flips and hits the puck with his head in front of Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, in the second period of Game 6 of their NHL Stanley Cup hockey playoff series in New York, Sunday, May 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Serena Williams from the U.S. celebrates a point on her way to win the final of the Madrid Open tennis tournament against Maria Sharapova from Russia, in Madrid Sunday, May 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) of Russia is upended after he was checked by New York Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh (27) in the second period of Game 3 of their first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in New York, Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/kathy willens)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, prepares to shoot the puck as New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30), from Sweden, prepares to block in the first period of Game 1 of a Stanley Cup NHL playoff hockey series on Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, celebrates his goal in the second period of Game 1 of a Stanley Cup NHL playoff hockey series against the New York Rangers, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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During the Soviet era, Russia was the first to deploy a rail-mobile nuclear missile system known as the SS-24. Moscow announced plans to deploy the first of its new intercontinental ballistic missiles called the Yars-M later this year.