Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev is the 3rd and current President of Russia, inaugurated on May 7, 2008.
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Vladimir Putin was the second President of Russia and is the current Prime Minister of Russia.
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On January 27, 2009 Metropolitan Kirill has been elected as head of the Russian Orthodox Church, becoming the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
The Russian Orthodox Church has overwhelmingly elected Metropolitan Kirill as its new leader, succeeding the late Patriarch Aleksy II (February 23, 1929 – December 5, 2008).
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(February 23, 1929 – December 5, 2008)
He was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus and the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Sergei is a Russian statesman and the current Speaker of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament.
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Governor of Saint-Petersburg. Decorated with federal awards, including the Order of the Working Red Banner (1982), Badge of Honor (1976), Order For Services to the Homeland of the 3rd degree (1999).
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German Gref is currently the president of Sberbank.
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Authorized Representative of the Russian Federation's President in the North-Western federal district.
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Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin is a Russian statesman, and the Russian Minister of Finance. He has held the post since 18 May 2000.
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Hero of the Soviet Union, laureate of the USSR State Award, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
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Full Member of the Russian Academy of Science. Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Science. Chairman of the Presidium of the St.Petersburg Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science. Director of the Ioffe Physics and Technics Institute.
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Anastasia is a Russian prima ballerina.
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The artistic director and the leading conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre.
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Director of the State Hermitage Museum. Member of the International Museums Council. Adviser at the European Council. President of the St. Petersburgers World Wide Club.
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Full Member of the Russian Academy of Science. The First Honorary Citizen of Saint Petersburg (1993). An Honorary Citizen of Milan and Arezzo.
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Director of the Central Scientific Research Institute, full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor, laureate of the State Prize, Hero of the Russian Federation.
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Full Member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Science. Chief-General Designer of the Central Design Marine Engineering "Rubin" Office.
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Solo ballet-dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre. Dances as Odett-Odilia in "Swan Lake", as Aurora and Lilac Fairy in "Sleeping Beauty", as Nikkiya in "Bayaderka", as Medora in "Corsar".
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Fedorova is a Russian woman who became the first Miss Russia to win the Miss Universe contest. Oxana is a Russian Miss Universe winner (dethroned), police officer, television hostess, actress, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
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