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St. Louis Blues right wing Dmitrij Jaskin, left, of Russia, and Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Moulson chase the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, April 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

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Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin, right, goes up for shot as Denver Nuggets center Timofey Mozgov, of Russia, covers in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Houston Rockets forward Donatas Motiejunas, third from left, of Lithuania, is fouled as he goes up for a shot by Denver Nuggets guard Aaron Brooks, second from left, and center Timoey Mozgov, of Russia, left, as guard Randy Foye, right, looks on in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Chicago Bulls guard D.J. Augustin (14) drives against Minnesota Timberwolves guard Alexey Shved, left, of Russia, during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in Minneapolis, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

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Minnesota Wild goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, of Russia, celebrates with teammates Matt Cooke (24), Jonathon Blum (7), Nino Niederreiter (22), of Switzerland, and others after the Wild defeated the Boston Bruins 4-3 during a shootout in an NHL hockey game in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a Cabinet meeting in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. President Vladimir Putin has threatened that Russia's state-owned gas company could ask Ukraine to pay for gas in advance, according to Russian state news agencies. In a meeting Wednesday with government ministers, Putin said that asking for advance payments "corresponded with the contract" between Ukraine and Russia, but asked that state energy giant Gazprom refrain from such drastic measures until "additional consultations" between both sides. From right, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)