Oksana Savchenko, three-time Paralympic champion, 2010 four-time world swimming champion and the winner of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination Life, I Love You, posing for a photo after the awards ceremony.

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Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergey Naryshkin speaking at the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life awards ceremony.

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Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergey Naryshkin speaking at the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life awards ceremony.

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Alexei Kuznetsov, field-and-track athletics world champion and the winner of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination Returning to Life, attending the awards ceremony.

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Tamara Podpalnaya, two-time Paralympic champion and silver medal winner, 2010 world powerlifting champion and the winner of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination Second Breath, attending the awards ceremony.

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Andrei Lavrov (right), first deputy chairman of the Russian Federation Council's commission for physical education, sports and promoting Olympic movement, presenting the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the Foothold nomination to Yevgeny Yemelyanov, director of the Republic of Bashkortostan's Top Sportsmanship State Training Center.

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Alexander Nevolin-Svetov, two-time silver and bronze medal winner at Paralympic Games, two-time champion and silver and bronze medals winner at 2010 World Swimming Championship, and the winner of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination The Power of Will, attending the awards ceremony.

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Oleg Boiko (foreground right), the Parasports foundation initiator, chairman of the Russian Paralympic Committee's commission for promoting Paralympic movement and Finstar investment holding president, and swimmer Alexander Popov (right) presenting the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination Leading the Way to Dmitry Kokarev, three-time Paralympic champion and four-time 2010 swimming champion.

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Tatyana Savostyanova (left), judo bronze medal winner at Paralympic Games and 2010 world judo champion, and 2010 world judo champion Olga Zabrodskaya, the winners of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination The Struggle of Life, attending the awards ceremony.

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Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergey Naryshkin, right, presenting the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination Life, I Love You to Oksana Savchenko, three-time Paralympic champion and 2010 four-time world swimming champion.

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Foreground, from left: Oksana Savchenko, three-time Paralympic champion, 2010 four-time world swimming champion and the winner of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination Life, I Love You, Russia's Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergey Naryshkin and Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights Vladimir Lukin attending the award ceremony.

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Boris Lagutin, Soviet boxer and two-time Olympic champion, and Tamara Podpalnaya, two-time Paralympic champion and silver medal winner, 2010 world powerlifting champion and the winner of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination Second Breath, attending the awards ceremony.

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Artyom Arefyev, three-time Paralympic champion, silver medal winner, field-and-track athletics world champion and the winner of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination Life, Tears and Love, and his wife Yilia attending the awards ceremony.

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Alexander Nevolin-Svetov (left), two-time silver and bronze medal winner at Paralympic Games, two-time champion and silver and bronze medal winner at 2010 World Swimming Championship, and the winner of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination The Power of Will, and Dmitry Kokarev, three-time Paralympic champion and silver medal winner, four-time 2010 swimming champion and the award winner in the nomination Leading the Way, attending the awards ceremony.

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Nikol Rodomakina, three-time world field-and-track athletics champion and the winner of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination Overcoming, posing for a photo before the awards ceremony.

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Oleg Boiko, the Parasports foundation initiator, chairman of the Russian Paralympic Committee's commission for promoting Paralympic movement and Finstar investment holding president, speaking to journalists before the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life awards ceremony.

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Marina Klimenchenko, 2010 world shooting sports champion and the winner of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Returning to Life award in the nomination Turn of Fate, posing for a photo before the awards ceremony.

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