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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, center, speaks at a meeting on the economic development of Crimea in Simferopol, Crimea, Monday, March 31, 2014. Russia's prime minister is visiting Crimea to consider priorities for its economic development following the Russian takeover. Dmitry Medvedev is leading a delegation of Cabinet ministers and is chairing a meeting Monday to discuss priorities for federal assistance to the region, which Russia annexed from Ukraine earlier this month. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexander Astafyev, Government Press Service)

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaks at a meeting for the economic development of Crimea in Simferopol, Crimea, Monday, March 31, 2014. Russia's prime minister is visiting Crimea to consider priorities for its economic development following the Russian takeover. Dmitry Medvedev is leading a delegation of Cabinet ministers and is chairing a meeting Monday to discuss priorities for federal assistance to the region, which Russia annexed from Ukraine earlier this month. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexander Astafyev, Government Press Service)

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, third right, smiles while visiting a city children's hospital in Simferopol, Crimea, Monday, March 31, 2014. Russia's prime minister is visiting Crimea to consider priorities for its economic development following the Russian takeover. Dmitry Medvedev is leading a delegation of Cabinet ministers and is chairing a meeting Monday to discuss priorities for federal assistance to the region, which Russia annexed from Ukraine earlier this month. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexander Astafyev, Government Press Service)

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, second left, speaks to school-children while visiting Crimea in Simferopol, Crimea, Monday, March 31, 2014. Russia's prime minister is visiting Crimea to consider priorities for its economic development following the Russian takeover. Dmitry Medvedev is leading a delegation of Cabinet ministers and is chairing a meeting Monday to discuss priorities for federal assistance to the region, which Russia annexed from Ukraine earlier this month. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexander Astafyev, Government Press Service)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto take part in a friendly ice hockey match in Igora resort near in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

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Washington Capitals right wing Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, checks Nashville Predators forward Mike Fisher (12) into the boards as linesman Brad Lazarowich, left, tries to get out of the way in the second period of an NHL hockey game on Sunday, March 30, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)