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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, here at an ASEAN summit in 2010, are expected to sign a bilateral agreement soon allowing intercountry adoptions to resume fully. It is said to be "nearing finalization." (Associated Press)
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Rescuers try to locate passengers from a tourist boat that sank on the Volga River in central Russia on Sunday, July 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Alex Ovechkin's thunderous hit on Jaromir Jagr during Russia's game against the Czech Republic was the highlight-reel hit of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Jagr, a former Capital, is returning to the NHL to play for the rival Flyers.
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Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic holds her trophy after defeating Russia's Maria Sharapova in the ladies' singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Saturday, July 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Russia's Maria Sharapova celebrates defeating Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in their match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Emergency workers and investigators search the wreckage of a RusAir Tu-134 plane near Petrozavodsk, Russia, on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. The passenger jet crashed in heavy fog and burst into flames late Monday just short of the runway. (AP Photo/Timur Khanov, Komsomolskaya Pravda)
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U.S.'s Serena Williams plays a return to Russia's Vera Zvonareva during their second round single tennis match at the Eastbourne International grass court tournament in Eastbourne, England, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) meet on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. The man in the middle was not identified. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday that Russia cannot be a direct participant in a planned missile-defense system. "NATO cannot outsource to nonmembers collective defense obligations which bind its members," he said. (Associated Press)
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Washington Capitals general manager George McPhee confirmed Tuesday that the Caps inked Swedish prospect Mattias Sjogren to a two-year deal and that top prospect Evgeny Kuznetsov will remain in Russia for another year. (Michael Connor / The Washington Times)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at a business forum in Moscow on Thursday, May 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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The legislation would ban free abortions at government-run clinics and prohibit the sale of the morning-after pill without a prescription. -- Russian lawmaker Yelena Mizulina
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President Obama meets with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Deauville, France, on Thursday, May 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, pauses before getting up after running into the goal while attempting a shot against the Tampa Bay Lightning late in the third period in Game 4 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff Eastern Conference semifinal series in Tampa, Fla., Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Tampa Bay won 5-3, and swept the series. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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After Tuesday's service for Chernobyl disaster victims at St. Elias Cathedral near the nuclear power plant site in Ukraine, (from left) Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan Vladimir and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych ring bells in memory of the victims.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right), speaking at a government meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow on Friday, may have to negotiate with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left) as to which one will be the next elected president of Russia. (Associated Press)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, addressing the State Duma, the parliament's lower chamber, in Moscow on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, said Russia must be "independent and strong" to resist outside pressure. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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Washington Capitals center Jason Arnott, center, celebrates his goal with Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, and Marco Sturm (18), of Germany, during the second period in Game 2 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series on Friday, April 15, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Washington Capitals Mike Green (52), Brooks Laich (21) and Nicklas Backstrom (19), from Sweden, celebrate the game-winning goal by Alexander Semin, top right, from Russia, in the overtime period of Game 1 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series with the New York Rangers, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Washington. The Capitals won 2-1.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Washington Capitals' Alexander Semin (28) and Alex Ovechkin (8), both from Russia, celebrate Ovechkin's goal in the third period of Game 1 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series with the New York Rangers, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
