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��������� ��GOVERNMENT��������������� ������� ���To participants and guests of
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION����� the �Russian Nights� Festival
��� ����SEPTEMBER
11, 2006
������� ���������MOSCOW
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On behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation
and my own� I would like to extend my
greetings to all participants and guests of the �Russian Nights� Festival which
is a remarkable celebration of Russian Culture and Arts.
�������� This is the
first Russian cultural event of such a large scale to be held in the Republic of Korea. I am confident that the Festival
will not only enrich Russian-Korean cultural ties, but will promote the whole range
of the relations between our countries.
�������� In Seoul the Festival will
present the best examples of the Russian theater, music and cinema arts. The
program of the Festival includes performances of the Moscow Symphonic
Orchestra, �Helicon-Opera� Musical Theater, �The Flowers� and many other
well-known Russian artistic groups.�
�������� Let me
thank the organizers of the Festival � the Stas Namin Center
and the �SBS Productions� of South
Korea who made it possible to conduct these
festivities of Russian art on the South Korean soil.
�������� I wish the
participants of the �Russian Nights� Festival to successfully perform before the
sophisticated South Korean audience and the South Korean friends to enjoy their
meeting with Russian art.
CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT
�� OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION������������������������ Mikhail FRADKOV