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Putin to think about cultural center of peoples of Russia in Moscow

The idea to open the center was put forward at the first meeting of the Presidential Council on Inter-Ethnic Relations in Saransk

SARANSK, August 24 (Itar-Tass) —— President Vladimir Putin will think about the opening of a cultural center of peoples of Russia in Moscow and will meet with the leaders of the Association of Small-Numbered Indigenous Peoples.

The idea to open the center was put forward at the first meeting of the Presidential Council on Inter-Ethnic Relations in Saransk, Mordovia, on Friday.

“That is a good idea to have a cultural center of peoples of Russia in Moscow,” Putin said. He noted that Russia was populated by 193 peoples and nationalities.

“We should think about it and implement the project together with the government,” he said.