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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated Bolshoi ballet dancer Svetlana Zakharova on her birthday.

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The message reads, in part:

"Allow me to congratulate you on your birthday. You are rightfully considered an outstanding dancer and a brilliant representative of Russia's choreographic school. In your dancing career, you have created a gallery of splendid characters and have won the supreme professional recognition and sincere affection of the public.

"It is gratifying to see that despite your packed working schedule and performing tours, you give a great deal of effort and attention to public duties and lawmaking."