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People inside a Megafon mobile phones shop in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 13, 2017. A top Russian mobile operator said Friday it had come under cyberattacks that appeared similar to those that have crippled some U.K. hospitals. Pyotr Lidov, a spokesman for Megafon, said Friday's attacks froze computers in company's offices across Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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People outside a Megafon mobile phone shop in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, May 13, 2017. A top Russian mobile operator said Friday it had come under cyberattacks that appeared similar to those that have crippled some U.K. hospitals. Pyotr Lidov, a spokesman for Megafon, said Friday's attacks froze computers in company's offices across Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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People walk past a Megafon mobile phones shop in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 13, 2017. A top Russian mobile operator said Friday it had come under cyberattacks that appeared similar to those that have crippled some U.K. hospitals. Pyotr Lidov, a spokesman for Megafon, said Friday's attacks froze computers in company's offices across Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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FILE - In this Thursday, April 27, 2017 file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny poses for a photo after unknown attackers doused him with green antiseptic outside a conference venue in Moscow, Russia. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote on Instagram on Tuesday May 9, 2017 that he has undergone eye surgery in Spain and that doctors expect the vision in his right eye to be restored in several months, after being attacked last month. (Evgeny Feldman/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Mikoyan MIG-31, supersonic all-weather long-range jets fly over a statue of an angel fixed atop the Alexander Column during the Victory Day military parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Victory Day is Russia's most important secular holiday, commemorating the Red Army's determination and losses in World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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A participant of parade yawns prior the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Victory Day is Russia's most important secular holiday, commemorating the Red Army's determination and losses in World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Self-propelled artillery vehicles Msta S are transported by trucks after the Victory Day military parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Victory Day is Russia's most important secular holiday, commemorating the Red Army's determination and losses in World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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A tank driver looks on prior the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Victory Day is Russia's most important secular holiday, commemorating the Red Army's determination and losses in World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Russian soldiers march along Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Victory Day is Russia's most important secular holiday, commemorating the Red Army's determination and losses in World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Nashville Predators defenseman Yannick Weber (7), of Switzerland, blocks a shot by St. Louis Blues right wing Dmitrij Jaskin (23), of Russia, during the first period in Game 6 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series Sunday, May 7, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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St. Louis Blues center Paul Stastny (26) celebrates with Vladimir Tarasenko (91), of Russia, and Colton Parayko (55) after Stastny scored a goal against the Nashville Predators during the first period in Game 6 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series Sunday, May 7, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin attends a briefing in the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 5, 2017. Russia's military says the agreement setting up four de-escalation zones in Syria will go into effect at midnight. The military also says the deal, which was signed by Russia, Iran and Turkey in Kazakhstan the day before, could be extended to more areas of the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian General Staff, speaks to the media in the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 5, 2017. Russia's military says the agreement setting up four de-escalation zones in Syria will go into effect at midnight. The military also says the deal, which was signed by Russia, Iran and Turkey in Kazakhstan the day before, could be extended to more areas of the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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In this photo taken on Thursday, April 27, 2017, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny poses for a photo after unknown attackers doused him with green antiseptic outside a conference venue in Moscow, Russia. Navalny, who authored a documentary about the Russian prime minister's alleged corrupt wealth that was viewed more than 20 million times online, was the key force behind nationwide anti-government rallies in March, Russia's largest and most widespread in years. (Evgeny Feldman/Pool Photo via AP)
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In this photo taken on Thursday, April 27, 2017, Yulia, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny treats him after unknown attackers doused him with green antiseptic outside a conference venue in Moscow, Russia. Navalny, who authored a documentary about the Russian prime minister's alleged corrupt wealth that was viewed more than 20 million times online, was the key force behind nationwide anti-government rallies in March, Russia's largest and most widespread in years. (Evgeny Feldman/Pool Photo via AP)
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In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, Alexander Popov, director of an art valuation firm, speaks to the Associated Press in Moscow, Russia. A sale of Soviet-era masterpieces at auction in London in 2014, one selling for $2 million, has triggered a criminal investigation in Russia and a push to re-nationalize the collection that once belonged to a Soviet artists' trade union. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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In this photo taken on Thursday, March 16, 2017, visitors look at Georgy Nissky's "Under the Snowy Fields" and "En Route," right, in the Institute of Russian Realist Art, a private museum in Moscow, Russia. A sale of Soviet-era masterpieces at auction in London in 2014, one selling for $2 million, has triggered a criminal investigation in Russia and a push to re-nationalize the collection that once belonged to a Soviet artists' trade union. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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In this photo taken on Thursday, March 16, 2017, Georgy Nissky's "En Route," left, is on display in the Institute of Russian Realist Art, a private museum in Moscow, Russia. A sale of Soviet-era masterpieces at auction in London in 2014, one selling for $2 million, has triggered a criminal investigation in Russia and a push to re-nationalize the collection that once belonged to a Soviet artists' trade union. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Illustration on options and repurcussions in dealing with Russia by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, former Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia. The IAAF says Russia is making "little progress" cleaning up its doping culture to secure its reinstatement into athletics. In a report on Thursday April 13, 2017, the athletics governing body criticizes Russia's decision to make pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva the head of the country's scandalized anti-doping agency. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
