Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill meeting with spokespersons of Russian religious and public organizations at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street, July 19, 2011.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with spokespersons of Russian religious and public organizations at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street, July 19, 2011.

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From right: Hero-of-Russia title-holder Sergei Shavrin, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and Russia's Armenian Union Chairman Ara Abramyan attending the meeting with spokespersons of Russian religious and public organizations, July 19, 2011.

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From right: Vice-Prime Minister Vyacheslav Voloding, the Russian government office chief, and Berel Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia, attending the meeting with spokespersons of religious and public organizations, conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with spokespersons of Russian religious and public organizations at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street, July 19, 2011.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with spokespersons of Russian religious and public organizations at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street, July 19, 2011. Left: Pavel Sulyandziga, First Vice-President of the Association of Indigenous Minorities of Russia's North, Siberia and Far East.

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From right: Ismail Berdiyev, Chairman of the Muslim Board of Karachay-Cherkessia and Stavropol Region, and Vassily Bondarev, ataman of the Tersk military Cossack association, attending the meeting with spokespersons of religious and public organizations, conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street.

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Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar (center) attending the meeting with spokespersons of religious and public organizations, conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with spokespersons of Russian religious and public organizations at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street, July 19, 2011.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center) and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (left) meeting with spokespersons of Russian religious and public organizations at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbet Street, July 19, 2011.

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Ravil Gainutsin, Chairman of the Mufti Council of Russia, attending the meeting with spokespersons of religious and public organizations, conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street.

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Vice-Prime Minister Vyacheslav Volodin, the government staff chief, attending the meeting with spokespersons of religious and public organizations, conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street.

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Ivan Savvidi, the State Duma's Greek parliament liaison coordinator, attending the meeting with spokespersons of religious and public organizations, conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street.

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Pavel Sulyandziga, First Vice-President of the Association of Indigenous Minorities of Russia's North, Siberia and Far East, attending the meeting with spokespersons of religious and public organizations, conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street.

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Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill attending the meeting with spokespersons of religious and public organizations, conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street. Left: Ara Abramyan, President of Russia's Union of Armenians.

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Talgat Tadjuddin, Chairman of Russia's Central Moslem Board, attending the meeting with spokespersons of religious and public organizations, conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street.

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Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill attending the meeting with spokespersons of religious and public organizations, conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meeting with spokespersons of Russian religious and public organizations at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street, July 19, 2011.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (left) meeting with spokespersons of Russian religious and public organizations at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street, July 19, 2011.

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (center) and Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (left) meeting with spokespersons of Russian religious and public organizations at the Moscow Mayor's Office in Novy Arbat Street, July 19, 2011. Right: Hero Of Russia title-holder Sergei Shavrin.

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