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Russian Church welcomes end of casinos and other gambling establishments in Russia

“We’re very glad that we won a victory over outburst of gambling business in the country, we won this victory together – authorities, society, scientists, pedagogues, journalists, clergy, law-enforcement agencies,” head of the Synodal Church and Society Department Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin told

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