Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, left, and Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff at the Presidential Executive Office, left, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsk and Kolomna, left, and Valery Zorkin, Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court, at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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The 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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State Duma Deputy Speaker Vladimir Vasilyev, left, and Nikolai Bordyuzha, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Liberal Democratic Party Leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, left, and A Just Russia leader Sergei Mironov at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Metropolitan Antony of Borispol and Brovary, Administrator of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Metropolitan Kornily, Chief of the Russian Orthodox Church of Old Believers, at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Metropolitan Dimitry of Tobolsk and Tymen and Talgat Tadzhuddin, Chief Mufti of Russia (left to right) at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Metropolitan Ioann of Belgorod and Stary Oskol, left, and TV host Mikhail Leontyev at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Metropolitan Pavel of Ryzan and Mikhailov at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, left, at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Pavel Zenkovich, Head of the Department for Public Projects at the Presidential Executive Office, Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov and protopriest Dmitry Smirnov (left to right) at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Irina Lebedeva, General Director of the Tretyakov Gallery, at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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The 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Valery Ganichev, Chairman of the Russian Union of Writers, right, at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff at the Presidential Executive Office, speaks at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff at the Presidential Executive Office, speaks at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff at the Presidential Executive Office, left, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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Valery Zorkin, Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court, Sergei Ivanov, Chief of Staff at the Presidential Executive Office, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Russian Union of Writers Valery Ganichev and Prosecutor General Yury Chaika (left to right) at the opening of the 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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The 17th World Russian People's Council entitled "Russia as Civilization. United Society and Future of the Russian People" at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

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