Ambassador of Japan to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, left, speaks at the ceremony to present the Order of the Rising Sun at the Embassy of Japan in Moscow. From right: general director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival and president of the International Confederation of Theater Unions, Valery Shadrin, his wife Karina, and daughter of journalist Vsevolod Ovchinnikov, Irina Ovchinnikova.

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General director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival and president of the International Confederation of Theater Unions, Valery Shadrin, signs the honorary guests book at the Embassy of Japan in Moscow after receiving the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, right, and Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow as Mr. Shadrin is decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Irina Ovchinnikova, journalist Vsevolod Ovchinnikov's daughter, and Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after Mr. Ovchinnikov was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Valery Shadrin, center, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, is seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow as he speaks during the ceremony of awarding him the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, right, and Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after Mr. Shadrin was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, right, and Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after Mr. Shadrin was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, right, and Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after Mr. Shadrin was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, and his wife Karina are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after Mr. Shadrin was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, right, and Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after Mr. Shadrin was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, right, and Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after Mr. Shadrin was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, right, and Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after Mr. Shadrin was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, is seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow as he speaks during the ceremony of awarding him the Order of the Rising Sun.

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General director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival and president of the International Confederation of Theater Unions, Valery Shadrin, and Chekhov International Theater Festival staff members after the ceremony to present the Order of the Rising Sun to Shadrin at the Embassy of Japan in Moscow.

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the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after Mr. Shadrin was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki is seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow as he answers journalists' questions after decorating Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki is seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow as he answers journalists' questions after decorating Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Ambassador of Japan to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki speaks to journalists after the ceremony to present the Order of the Rising Sun to general director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival and president of the International Confederation of Theater Unions, Valery Shadrin, at the Embassy of Japan in Moscow.

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From left: Presidential Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi, general director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival and president of the International Confederation of Theater Unions, Valery Shadrin, and Ambassador of Japan to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki after the ceremony to present the Order of the Rising Sun to Valery Shadrin at the Embassy of Japan in Moscow.

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From left: Presidential Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi, and writer, journalist and president of the Artyom Borovik Foundation, Genrikh Borovik, at the ceremony to present the Order of the Rising Sun to general director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival and president of the International Confederation of Theater Unions, Valery Shadrin, at the Embassy of Japan in Moscow.

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From left: Presidential Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi, general director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival and president of the International Confederation of Theater Unions, Valery Shadrin, and Ambassador of Japan to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki after the ceremony to present the Order of the Rising Sun to Valery Shadrin at the Embassy of Japan in Moscow.

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From left: general director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival and president of the International Confederation of Theater Unions, Valery Shadrin, Presidential Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi, writer, journalist and president of the Artyom Borovik Foundation, Genrikh Borovik, and Ambassador of Japan to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki after the ceremony to present the Order of the Rising Sun to Valery Shadrin at the Embassy of Japan in Moscow.

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Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, is seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow as he answers journalists' questions after being decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, is seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow as he answers journalists' question after being decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, is seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after being decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, is seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after being decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, right, and Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow as Mr. Shadrin is decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, is seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after being decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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Japanese ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, left, and Valery Shadrin, General Director of the Chekhov International Theater Festival, President of International Confederation of Theatre Associations, are seen here in the Japanese Embassy in Moscow after Mr. Shadrin was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun.

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