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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at a business forum in Moscow on Thursday, May 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev adjusts his earpiece during a press conference at the G8 summit in Deauville, France, Friday, May 27, 2011. Medvedev says he's sending his special envoy to hold talks with Libyan rebels in Benghazi. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
