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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/ Sergei Chirikov, pool)
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Maria Sharapova, of Russia, returns the ball to Kurumi Nara, of Japan, during a match at the Sony Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 20, 2014, in Key Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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In this photo taken on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, Russian businessman and billionaire Arkady Rotenberg applauds during a local soccer match in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, March 15, 2013. President Barack Obama on Thursday expanded U.S. economic sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, targeting President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff and 19 other individuals as well as a Russian bank that provides them support. Those named in the sanctions Thursday include Arkady Rotenberg lifelong Putin friend whose company has amassed billions of dollars in government contracts. (AP Photo/Interpress, Alexander Kulebyakin)
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Kremlin's Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov smiles while he waits for Russian President Vladimir Putin to address the Federal Assembly in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. President Barack Obama on Thursday expanded U.S. economic sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, targeting President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff and 19 other individuals as well as a Russian bank that provides them support. Those named in the sanctions Thursday include Sergei Ivanov, Putin's chief of staff. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
