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Incarcerated former CIA worker Harold J. Nicholson (seen here) pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to act as an agent of Russia. His son, Nathaniel, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy charges in connection with the elder Nicholson's spy activities. (Associated Press)
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Russia's Elena Dementieva returns the ball to Italy's Francesca Schiavone during the 4th day of Qatar WTA Tennis Championship in Doha, Qatar, Friday Oct. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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Lava flows from the Shiveluch volcano in the Kamchatka Peninsula eastern Russia is this image taken from TV Thursday Oct. 28, 2010. Volcanic eruptions on Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula have tossed massive ash clouds into the air, forcing flights to divert and blanketing a town with ashes. (AP Photo/RTR, via APTN)
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Special Force officers examine the scene after a bomb blast in front of a Chechen parliament complex in Grozny, Chechnya, southern Russia, on Tuesday. Insurgents stormed the parliament complex, and one set off a bomb at the gates. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, keeps the puck away from Ottawa Senators' Sergei Gonchar (55), also of Russia, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Washington on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010.
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** FILE ** Anna Chapman, a Russian national who was deported from the United States this summer for alleged spying for Russia, is seen with an unidentified security man at a ceremony for a U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals Alexander Semin (28), of Russia, left, slides across the ice while being defended by New Jersey Devils Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond (22) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Washington, on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. The Capitals won the home game 7-2.
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Members of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, from left, Ingemar Lundstrom, Staffan Normark, Borje Johansson and Per Delsing, announce that Russian-born scientists Andre Geim, left on screen, and Konstantin Novoselov, right on screen behind podium, share the Nobel Prize in physics for "groundbreaking experiments" with an atom-thin material expected to play a large role in electronics in Stockholm, Sweden Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010 (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden/Maja Suslin)
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This undated image made available by the University of Manchester, England Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010 shows Russian-born scientist Andre Geim in Manchester, England. Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov shared the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010 for "groundbreaking experiments" with an atom-thin material expected to play a large role in electronics. (AP Photo/University of Manchester, HO)
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Members of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, left below screen, announce that Russian-born scientists Andre Geim, left on screen, and Konstantin Novoselov, right on screen behind podium, share the Nobel Prize in physics for "groundbreaking experiments" with an atom-thin material expected to play a large role in electronics in Stockholm, Sweden Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010 (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden/Maja Suslin)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, left, of Russia, chases after Nashville Predators defenseman Kevin Klein, right, during the second period of an NHL preseason hockey game, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, in Washington.
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Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, left, of Russia, chases the puck, next to Boston Bruins' Matt Hunwick (48) during the first period of an NHL hockey preseason game Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi, left, and Rubin Kazan's Christian Noboa struggle for the ball during their Champions League Group D soccer match in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Game ended with a 1-1 draw. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals' Mathieu Perreault, back right, celebrates his goal with Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia, as Boston Bruins' Mark Stuart (45) looks on during the first period an NHL hockey preseason game Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, in Washington.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals' Matt Hendricks, left, breaks his stick while trying to clear the puck against Columbus Blue Jackets' Nikita Filatov, of Russia, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. The Capitals defeated the Blue Jackets 6-2.
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Participants in the Karaoke World Championships open the show with a group rendition of "We Are The World" in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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Edward Pimentel of the United States performs his version of Usher's "There Goes My Baby" at the Karaoke Wold Championships in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Capitals' Semyon Varamov, left, of Russia, makes a save against Columbus Blue Jackets' Jakub Voracek, of the Czech Republic, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio.
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Polish police officers arrest the head of the Chechen government in exile Akhmed Zakhayev who is wanted in Russia on terrorism, charges, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Sept.17, 2010. Mr. Zakhayev, who resides in London, came to Poland to attend a World Congress of Chechens. (AP Photo/str)
