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Members of the Russian delegation celebrate after Russia was announced as host for 2018 during the FIFA 2018 and 2022 World Cup Bid Announcement in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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Prince Wiilliam of Wales, right, looks on after it was announced that Russia will host the 2018 FIFA Soccer World Cup, in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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A fan of England's bid for the 2018 soccer World Cup, draped in an English flag, pauses after the announcement that Russia will host the tournament, in London, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Ruud Gullit, President of the Holland Belgium bid, right, and Guus Hiddink, left, look on after it was announced that Russia will host the 2018 FIFA Soccer World Cup, in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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Members of the Russian delegation celebrate after Russia was announced as host for 2018 World Cup during the FIFA meeting in Zurich on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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Russia's chief rabbi, Berel Lazar lights candles on the menorah during the lighting ceremony marking the start of Hanukkah outside the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Dozens of people gathered in below-freezing temperatures outside the Kremlin to watch the lighting of the menorah. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, during his annual address to both houses of parliament. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS WANTS TREATY: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is pressing for a new anti-ballistic missile treaty with the United States.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gives his annual address to both houses of parliament at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Russian scientist Sergey Zimov demonstrates the emission of methane trapped under the ice of a Siberian lake near the town of Chersky, Russia. In the last few decades, as the Earth has gradually warmed, the icy ground has begun thawing more rapidly, accelerating the release of methane - a greenhouse gas 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide - at a perilous rate.
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** FILE ** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, clinks glasses with officials during a signing of trilateral agreement before the opening of the APEC summit in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. Russia, Japan and China signed an agreement to build a chemical plant in Tatarstan, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, Prime Minister of Nepal Madhav Kumar, center, and, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina attend the International Tiger Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks at the International Tiger Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Officials from the 13 countries where tigers live in the wild have signed a declaration aimed at saving the iconic big cats from extinction. Russia is home to Siberian tigers, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosted the "tiger summit." (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
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President of the World Bank, Robert B. Zoellick attends the International Tiger Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Officials from the 13 countries where tigers live in the wild have signed a declaration aimed at saving the iconic big cats from extinction. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, photo Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left with U.S. actor Leonardo Di Caprio, right, after a concert dedicated to tiger conservation in St. Petersburg, Russia. Officials from the 13 countries where tigers live in the wild have signed a declaration aimed at saving the iconic big cats from extinction. Russia is home to Siberian tigers, and Putin hosted the "tiger summit." (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, Prime Minister of Nepal Madhav Kumar, center, and, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina attend the International Tiger Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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Sen. John Kyl., Arizona Republican, came out against a new nuclear weapons treaty with Russia on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, dealing a setback for its ratification by the Senate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Foreign Policy Initiative Boris Nemtsov, a former Russian deputy prime minister and founder of Russia's "Solidarity" movement, said in an address to the Foreign Policy Initiative, a Washington based think tank, this week that President Obama was making strategic concessions for tactical advances in his dealings with Russia.
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Muslims pray outside in a mosque in Grozny, Russia, as they celebrate Eid al- Adha, which Muslims in Russia call Kurban-Bairam, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by sacrificial killing of sheep, goats, cows or camels. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
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An elderly Chechen man chooses a sheep for sacrifice in Grozny, Russia, during celebration of the Eid al- Adha, which Muslims in Russia call Kurban-Bairam, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by sacrificial killing of sheep, goats, cows or camels. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
