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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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July 31, 2018 5:12 pm (EST)

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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