President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven, left, and Secretary General of the Russian Paralympic Committee Mikhail Terentyev celebrate a year before the start of the 9th Sochi Paralympics.

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Sochi 2014 Ambassador singer Diana Gurtskaya performs at the celebration of a year before the start of the 9th Sochi Paralympics.

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Svetlana Zhurova, deputy chair of the Federation Council's Committee on Social Policy, speaks at the celebration of a year before the start of the 9th Sochi Paralympics.

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President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven at the celebration of a year before the start of the 9th Sochi Paralympics.

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From left: President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven, Secretary General of the Russian Paralympic Committee Mikhail Terentyev, and head of Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko at the celebration of a year before the start of the 9th Sochi Paralympics.

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Participants of a the celebration on Red Square of a year left before the start of the 9th Sochi Paralympics.

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Participants of a the celebration on Red Square of a year left before the start of the 9th Sochi Paralympics.

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A participant of a ceremony on Red Square celebrating a year left before the start of the 9th Sochi Paralympics.

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Participants of a ceremony on Red Square celebrating a year left before the start of the 9th Sochi Paralympics.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is on Red Square as the 9th Sochi Paralympics countdown is launched a year before it starts, 7 March 2013.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven are on Red Square as the 9th Sochi Paralympics countdown is launched a year before it starts, 7 March 2013.

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9th Sochi Paralympics countdown clock is placed on Manezh Square in Moscow.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven are on Red Square as the 9th Sochi Paralympics countdown is launched a year before it starts, 7 March 2013.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven are on Red Square as the 9th Sochi Paralympics countdown is launched a year before it starts, 7 March 2013.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven are on Red Square as the 9th Sochi Paralympics countdown is launched a year before it starts, 7 March 2013.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven are on Red Square as the 9th Sochi Paralympics countdown is launched a year before it starts, 7 March 2013.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven are on Red Square as the 9th Sochi Paralympics countdown is launched a year before it starts, 7 March 2013.

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, launches 9th Sochi Paralympics countdown a year before it starts, 7 March 2013. At right is President of the International Paralympic Committee Sir Philip Craven.

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