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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, left, of Russia, chases the puck, next to Boston Bruins' Matt Hunwick (48) during the first period of an NHL hockey preseason game Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi, left, and Rubin Kazan's Christian Noboa struggle for the ball during their Champions League Group D soccer match in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Game ended with a 1-1 draw. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals' Mathieu Perreault, back right, celebrates his goal with Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, as Boston Bruins' Mark Stuart (45) looks on during the first period an NHL hockey preseason game Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, in Washington.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals' Matt Hendricks, left, breaks his stick while trying to clear the puck against Columbus Blue Jackets' Nikita Filatov, of Russia, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. The Capitals defeated the Blue Jackets 6-2.
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Participants in the Karaoke World Championships open the show with a group rendition of "We Are The World" in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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Edward Pimentel of the United States performs his version of Usher's "There Goes My Baby" at the Karaoke Wold Championships in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals' Semyon Varamov, left, of Russia, makes a save against Columbus Blue Jackets' Jakub Voracek, of the Czech Republic, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio.
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Polish police officers arrest the head of the Chechen government in exile Akhmed Zakhayev who is wanted in Russia on terrorism, charges, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Sept.17, 2010. Mr. Zakhayev, who resides in London, came to Poland to attend a World Congress of Chechens. (AP Photo/str)
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Kim Clijsters, of Belgium, returns the ball to Vera Zvonareva, of Russia, during the women's championship match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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USA's Kevin Durant celebrates after scoring a basket against Russia during the quarterfinal round at the World Basketball Championship, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS USA's Kevin Love, left, challenges Russia's Andrey Vorontsevich during the quarterfinal round at the World Basketball Championship, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, in Istanbul, Turkey.
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In this image made from television, the wreckage of a car destroyed in a suicide car attack is seen near the entrance to a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. A suicide car bomber hit the central market of Vladikavkaz on Thursday, killing dozens and wounding more than 100 people in one of the worst terror attacks in the volatile region in years, officials said. (AP Photo/Russia 24)
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In this image made from television, the wreckage of a car destroyed in a suicide car attack is seen in a square outside a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. A suicide car bomber hit the central market of Vladikavkaz on Thursday, killing more than a dozen and wounding more than 130 people in one of the worst terror attacks in the volatile region in years, officials said. (AP Photo/AP Television News)
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In this image made from television, emergency workers push a cart with the body of a victim after a suicide car attack in a square outside a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. A suicide car bomber hit the central market of Vladikavkaz on Thursday, killing more than a dozen and wounding more than 130 people in one of the worst terror attacks in the volatile region in years, officials said. (AP Photo/AP Television News)
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In this image made from television, the wreckage of a car destroyed in a suicide car attack is seen near the entrance to a market in Vladikavkaz, North Caucasus, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. A suicide car bomber hit the central market of Vladikavkaz on Thursday, killing dozens and wounding more than 100 people in one of the worst terror attacks in the volatile region in years, officials said.
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Russia's head coach David Blatt gestures to his players during their World Basketball Championship round of 16 match against New Zealand in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Jarmila Groth of Australia during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010.
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In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks with road makers, not seen, while traveling on a newly opened highway Chita- Khabarovsk, in Russia's Far Eastern region of Amur, some 3,800 miles southeast of Moscow. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
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Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, lifts her trophy after defeating Nadia Petrova, of Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, in the women's final of the Pilot Pen tennis tournament in New Haven, Conn., on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands while visiting the construction site of a new launch facility, the Cosmodrome Vostochny, outside Uglegorsk, some 3,600 miles (5800 kilometers) east of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Russia will launch its manned space missions from a new center in the Far East in 2018, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday, as the country seeks greater independence for its space program. (AP Photo/Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
