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Serena Williams, of the U.S, celebrates a winning point as she plays Russia's Maria Sharapova during the Women's final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Saturday, June 8, 2013 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Russia's Maria Sharapova celebrates scoring against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in their semifinal match at the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Thursday June 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Russia's Maria Sharapova screams after winning the second set in the quarterfinal match against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic at the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday June 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Russia hopes to recruit Steven Seagal as the face of an international marketing campaign to promote its weapons exports. The action movie star is shown here waiting for a news conference with a U.S. Congressional delegation at the American Embassy in Moscow on June 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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U.S. actor Steven Seagal looks on as he waits for a news conference of U.S. Congressional delegation to Russia in U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 2, 2013. A U.S. Congressional delegation to Russia learned little about what could have been done to prevent the Boston Marathon bombings, but got to hang out with Steven Seagal. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Serena Williams, of the U.S, reaches for a ball as she plays Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Tuesday, June 4, 2013 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Valentina Matviyenko (left), the speaker of Russia's Senate, and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a State Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool)

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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (foreground), a California Republican who is leading a U.S. congressional delegation to the Russian Federation; actor Steven Seagal (right); and Rep. Steve King (left), Iowa Republican, speak to the media after a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Mr. Rohrabacher said there was “nothing specific” that could have helped to prevent April’s Boston Marathon bombings, but that the U.S. and Russia needed to work more closely on joint security threats. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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A wide-ranging ban on smoking, signed into law by Vladimir Putin, has taken effect in Russia. (Associated Press)

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Larry King will host a talk show, "Politics with Larry King," beginning next month on the RT America network, a global, English-language channel based in Russia, the network announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus returns against Russia's Elena Vesnina in their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)