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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint news conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Sergio Mattarella is in Russia on an official visit. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella in Moscowís Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Sergio Mattarella is in Russia on an official visit. (Sergei Chirikov/ Pool photo via AP)
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New Jersey Devils center Travis Zajac (19) hits the ice while being challenged by New York Islanders left wing Nikolay Kulemin (86), of Russia, during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, April 8, 2017, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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FILE - In this May 22, 2016, file photo, Arkady Rotenberg, Russian businessman and chairman of the Kontinental Hockey League, smiles after the Ice Hockey World Championships bronze medal match between Russia and the United States, in Moscow, Russia. After a week of turmoil for Olympic hockey, Russia thinks it is poised to be the big winner next February in South Korea. The NHL’s announcement Monday that it won’t go to Pyeongchang leaves Russia in a strong position as the home of the Kontinental Hockey League, widely regarded as the strongest outside the NHL. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
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In this file photo taken on Thursday, April 6, 2017, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin).
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President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, right, speaks with Ian Phillips, vice president International News Associated Press, during a meeting with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 6, 2017. Peskov told The Associated Press that Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is not unconditional, with Putin's Spokesman talking just days after a suspected chemical weapons attack on a Syrian rebel-held province.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 6, 2017. Peskov told The Associated Press that Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is not unconditional, with Putin's Spokesman talking just days after a suspected chemical weapons attack on a Syrian rebel-held province.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 6, 2017. Peskov tells The Associated Press that Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is not unconditional, with Putin's Spokesman talking just days after a suspected chemical weapons attack on a Syrian rebel-held province.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 6, 2017. Peskov tells The Associated Press that Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad is not unconditional, with Putin's Spokesman talking several days after a suspected chemical weapons attack on a Syrian rebel-held province. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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CLARIFIES THE EVENTS ABOUT THE DEATH OF THE CHILD A picture of doll-maker Irina Medyantseva, one of the victims of the subway bombing, stands at a makeshift memorial next to one of her dolls at a community center in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Relatives said that the creative doll maker Medyantseva, died after she threw herself onto her daughter to save her from the bomb blast in the subway in Russia's St. Petersburg Monday April 3.(AP Photo/Iuliia Subbotovska)
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CLARIFIES THE EVENTS ABOUT THE DEATH OF THE CHILD This 2015 handout photo provided by Marusya Lyovkina, shows doll maker Irina Medyantseva in Moscow, Russia. Relatives said that the creative doll maker Medyantseva, died after she threw herself onto her daughter to save her from the bomb blast in the subway in Russia's St. Petersburg Monday April 3. (Marusya Lyovkina/Handout Photo via AP)
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Zenit's St.Petersburg soccer club players pay respect at a symbolic memorial at Technologicheskiy Institute subway station in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 5, 2017. A bomb blast tore through a subway train deep under Russia's second-largest city St. Petersburg Monday, killing several people and wounding many more in a chaotic scene that left victims sprawled on a smoky platform. Cyrillic letters on white shirts read: We Are Unbreakable.(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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CLARIFIES THE EVENTS ABOUT THE DEATH OF THE CHILD Anna Borovikova holds a portrait of her sister Irina Medyantseva, one of the victims of the subway explosion, during a prayer event in a church in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Relatives said that the creative doll maker Medyantseva, died after she threw herself onto her daughter to save her from the bomb blast in the subway in Russia's St. Petersburg Monday April 3.(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Young people hold candles as they gather to honor the memory of the victims of subway bombing on Marsovo Polye in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. A bomb blast tore through a subway train under Russia's second-largest city on Monday, killing several people and wounding more. (AP Photo/Yevgeny Kurskov)
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People form digits of the time of the subway bombing in memory of victims of the tragic event, on Marsovo Polye in St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. A bomb blast tore through a subway train under Russia's second-largest city on Monday, killing several people and wounding more. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Mirziyoyev is in Russia on an official visit. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool) ** FILE **
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An Orthodox priest stands at a symbolic floral memorial at Technologicheskiy Institute subway station in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. A bomb blast tore through a subway train deep under Russia's second-largest city St. Petersburg Monday, killing several people and wounding many more in a chaotic scene that left victims sprawled on a smoky platform. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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People gather at a symbolic memorial at Technologicheskiy Institute subway station in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. A bomb blast tore through a subway train deep under Russia's second-largest city St. Petersburg Monday, killing several people and wounding many more in a chaotic scene that left victims sprawled on a smoky platform. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2014, file photo, Russia goaltender Semyon Varlamov, front, and Russia forward Alexander Ovechkin, second, lead the Russian team onto the ice for warmups before playing the USA in a men's ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. Ovechkin and other players are raising doubts about the finality of the NHL announcement that it won’t participate in the 2018 Olympics. The Washington Capitals superstar reiterated his intention to represent Russia next year in South Korea, calling the league’s decision not to go a “bluff.”(AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
