President Dmitry Medvedev (right, background) conducting a Russian State Council Presidium meeting on measures to enhance inter-ethnic accord in the country, February 11, 2011. From left, background: Oleg Morozov, Duma Vice-Speaker, and Alexander Khloponin, Vice-Prime Minister, the Russian President's Representative in the North-Caucasian Federal District.

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President Dmitry Medvedev talking to Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin at the mufti residence, February 11, 2011

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President Dmitry Medvedev being shown about the archeology and ethnography museum of the Ethnology Institute, the Ufa Scientific Center, the Russian Academy of Sciences, February 11, 2011. Right: Aislu Yunusova, Museum Director.

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President Dmitry Medvedev conducting a Russian State Council Presidium meeting on measures to enhance inter-ethnic accord in the country, February 11, 2011.

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President Dmitry Medvedev talking to Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin at the mufti residence, February 11, 2011.

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From right: President Dmitry Medvedev talking to Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin at the mufti residence, February 11, 2011.

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President Dmitry Medvedev visiting an exhibition, "Inter-ethnic accord in the Republic of Bashkortostan", preceding a Russian State Council meeting on measures to enhance inter-ethnic accord in the country.

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President Dmitry Medvedev talking to Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin at the mufti's residence, February 11, 2011.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (right, foreground) being shown about an exhibition, "Inter-ethnic accord in the Republic of Bashkortostan", preceding a Russian State Council meeting on measures to enhance inter-ethnic accord in the country. Left, background: President Rustem Khamitov of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

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President Dmitry Medvedev being shown about an exhibition, "Inter-ethnic accord in the Republic of Bashkortostan", preceding a Russian State Council meeting on measures to enhance inter-ethnic accord in the country, February 11, 2011..

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President Dmitry Medvedev talking to Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin at the mufti residence, February 11, 2011

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In the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left, background) and his Bashkortostan counterpart Rustem Khamitov (right, background), RusHydro CEO Yevgeny Dod (left, sitting) and Astom President Philippe Rocher are signing an agreement on the construction of a minihydro equipment factory in Ufa, February 11, 2011.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (center) being shown about an exhibition, "Inter-ethnic accord in the Republic of Bashkortostan", preceding a Russian State Council meeting on measures to enhance inter-ethnic accord in the country. Left: President Rustem Khamitov of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

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From left: President Dmitry Medvedev meeting with his Bashkortostan counterpart Rustem Khamitov, February 11, 2011.

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From left, foreground: President Dmitry Medvedev talking to Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin at the mufti residence, February 11, 2011. Second right: Bashkortostan President Rustem Khamitov.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (third right) talking to Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin (second right) while visiting the First Ufa Cathedral Mosque.

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President Dmitry Medvedev visiting the First Ufa Cathedral Mosque, February 11, 2011. Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin, chairman of the Central Muslim Board.

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President Dmitry Medvedev and Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin while visiting the First Ufa Cathedral Mosque, February 11, 2011.

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President Dmitry Medvedev (left, center) talking to Russia's Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadjutdin (right, center) while visiting the First Ufa Cathedral Mosque, February 11, 2011.

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February 11, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, left, examines a bear vessel (gold, smalt and brass, 4th century BC) at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute for Ethnological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences' scientific center in Ufa.

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February 11, 2011. From right: President Dmitry Medvedev being greeted by Bashkortostan's head Rustem Khamitov at Ufa airport. Center: Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District Grigory Rapota.

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February 11, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute for Ethnological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences' scientific center in Ufa.

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February 11, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute for Ethnological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences' scientific center in Ufa. Left: the museum's director, Aislu Yunusova.

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February 11, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute for Ethnological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences' scientific center in Ufa.

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February 11, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, center, meets with Bashkir ethnographers and leaders of cultural associations during a visit to the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute for Ethnological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences' scientific center in Ufa. Left: the museum's director, Aislu Yunusova.

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February 11, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev meets with Bashkir ethnographers and leaders of cultural associations during a visit to the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute for Ethnological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences' scientific center in Ufa.

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February 11, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute for Ethnological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences' scientific center in Ufa.

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February 11, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev signs a guest book at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute for Ethnological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences' scientific center in Ufa.

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February 11, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev examines a deer statuette (Sarmatian gold, 4th century BC) at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute for Ethnological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences' scientific center in Ufa. (Photographed through the glass).

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February 11, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground right, visits the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Institute for Ethnological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences' scientific center in Ufa. Background center: Bashkortostan head Rustem Khamitov.

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