2012 Summer Olympics pole vault bronze medal winner, Yelena Isinbayeva, left, and State Duma deputy Svetlana Khorkina at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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From right: Olympic synchronized swimming champions, Anastasia Davydova, Aleksandra Patskevich and Maria Gromova, and 2012 Summer Olympics swimming silver medal winner, Yevgeny Korotyshkin, 2nd right, at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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2012 Summer Olympics artistic gymnastics champion, Aliya Mustafina, at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova, left, and 2012 Summer Olympics shot put bronze medal winner, Yevgeniya Kolodko, at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Kremlin's Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov, left, and Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Olympic judo champions, Tagir Khaibulayev, left, and Mansur Isayev at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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From left: 2012 Summer Olympics judo bronze medal winner Ivan Nikiforov, Olympic judo champion Arsen Galstyan, and 2012 Summer Olympics judo silver medal winner Alexander Mikhailin at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, left, and Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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2012 Summer Olympics pole vault bronze medal winner, Yelena Isinbayeva, left, and State Duma deputy Svetlana Khorkina at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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From left: Silver medal winners at the 2012 Summer Olympics artistic gymnastics team overall competition, Anastasia Grishina, Maria Paseka, Viktoria Komova, Aliya Mustafina, and Kseniya Afanasyeva, and State Duma deputy Svetlana Khorkina at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Olympic hammer throw champion Tatyana Lysenko at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Yevgeny Trofimov, coach of athlete Yelena Isinbayeva, at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Russian saber fencer Alexei Yakimenko at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Russian Hockey Federation president Vladislav Tretyak, left, and Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Olympic synchronized swimming champions at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpishchev at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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From left: Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko and members of the Russian Olympic track and field team, Tatyana Lebedeva, Yevgenia Kolodko and Anna Chicherova, at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Silver medal winners at the 2012 Summer Olympics artistic gymnastics team overall competition, Aliya Mustafina, Viktoria Komova, Kseniya Afanasyeva, and Maria Paseka at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Members of Russian artistic gymnastics team, Aliya Mustafina, Viktoria Komova, Kseniya Afanasyeva, Maria Paseka, Anastasia Grishina (foreground, from left) and Emin Garibov, Denis Ablyazin and coach Andrei Rodiyenko (background, from left) at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Russian State Duma deputy Svetlana Khorkina at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova, left, and 2012 Summer Olympics shot put bronze medal winner, Yevgeniya Kolodko, at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Olympic high jump champion Anna Chicherova at the annual Russian Olympians Ball at the State Kremlin Palace.

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Head coach of the Russian national volleyball team Vladimir Alekno (right) and Russian Olympic volleyball team member Sergey Tetyukhin receive the Russian national volleyball award in the category "Best Men's Team of 2012" at the annual "Russian Olympians Ball-2012" in the State Kremlin Palace. Far right - head of the CPRF faction in the State Duma Gennady Zyuganov.

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From left: Head coach of the Russian national volleyball team Vladimir Alekno, and Russian Olympic volleyball team members Sergey Tetyukhin and Alexander Sokolokov receive the Russian national volleyball award in the category "Best Men's Team of 2012" at the annual "Russian Olympians Ball-2012" in the State Kremlin Palace.

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Head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov (right foreground) presents the head coach of the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team Irina Viner (left foreground) award for "Best Women's Team" at the annual "Russian Olympians Ball-2012" in the State Kremlin Palace. Center - Russian Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretiak.

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Olympic champion of the 2012 London summer Olympic Games in gymnastics Aliya Mustafina (right), who won the award for "Best Female Athlete of the Year" in Russia at the annual "Russian Olympians Ball-2012" in the State Kremlin Palace. Second from left - nine-time Olympic gymnastics champion Larisa Latynina. Left - Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko.

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Olympic champion in the 2012 London summer Olympic Games in 3-meter Springboard Diving Ilya Zakharov, who won the award for "Best Male Athlete of the Year" in Russia at the annual "Russian Olympians Ball-2012" in the State Kremlin Palace.

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Head coach in athletics Evgeny Zagorulko won the "Best Coach" award at the annual "Russian Olympians Ball-2012" in the State Kremlin Palace. Left - President of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov.

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Russian athlete Vyacheslav Ekimov, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens in the individual Time Trial race, at the annual "Russian Olympians Ball-2012" in the State Kremlin Palace. Ekimov won the 2004 Olympic Games gold medal after American Tyler Hamilton was disqualified for doping.

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