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Pro-Vladimir Putin demos one year on from the Kiev uprising.

Irina Mukhamedshina, 24, a professional dog handler, is perhaps the world's leading expert in training foxes as pets.

Biggest and 'best' in Russia, it is more like a 'reserve' than a traditional zoo.

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A production of Wagner's opera 'Tannhauser' seen as offending devout Orthodox believers.