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A guard stands in front of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin in Moscow, the centers of political and religious authority in Russia for much of the past several centuries.
A guard stands in front of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin in Moscow, the centers of political and religious authority in Russia for much of the past several centuries. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

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A guard stands in front of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin in Moscow, the centers of political and religious authority in Russia for much of the past several centuries.
A guard stands in front of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin in Moscow, the centers of political and religious authority in Russia for much of the past several centuries. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
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