Commandant of the Moscow Kremlin Sergei Khlebnikov (center) at the transfer ceremony of two white gyrfalcons confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010, to the service of the Moscow Kremlin.

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Military serviceman holds one of the two white gyrfalcons confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010, after the transfer ceremony of the two birds to the service of the commandant of the Moscow Kremlin.

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Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergey Donskoi (second from left) and head of the Russian falcon center Alexander Sorokin (second from right) during the transfer ceremony of two white gyrfalcons confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010 to the service of Moscow Kremlin commandant Sergei Khlebnikov, to take part in formal ceremonies.

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One of the gyrfalcons confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010 takes part in the formal the transfer ceremony to the service of Moscow Kremlin Commandant Sergei Khlebnikov.

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Military servicemen holding two white gyrfalcons, confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010, after the transfer ceremony of the two birds to the service of the Moscow Kremlin.

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Minister of Russian Natural Resources and Ecology Sergey Donskoi (left) during the transfer of two white gyrfalcons confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010 to Commandant of the Moscow Kremlin Sergei Khlebnikov (right) to take part in formal ceremonies. Second from left: head of the Russian falcon center Alexander Sorokin.

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Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergey Donskoi (right) and Director of the FSBI "Research Institute of Nature" Andrey Filatov (center) at the transfer ceremony of two white gyrfalcons confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010 to the service of Moscow Kremlin commandant Sergei Khlebnikov, to take part in formal ceremonies.

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Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergey Donskoi during the transfer ceremony of two white gyrfalcons confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010 to the service of the Moscow Kremlin, to take part in formal ceremonies.

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From left: Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergey Donskoi, head of the Russian falcon center Alexander Sorokin and Commandant of the Moscow Kremlin Sergei Khlebnikov at the transfer ceremony of two white gyrfalcons confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010, to the service of the Moscow Kremlin.

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One of the gyrfalcons confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010 takes part in the formal transfer ceremony to the service of Moscow Kremlin Commandant Sergei Khlebnikov.

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One of the gyrfalcons confiscated from smugglers by customs officers at Domodedovo airport in 2010 at the formal transfer ceremony to the service of Moscow Kremlin Commandant Sergei Khlebnikov, to take part in formal ceremonies.

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