Russians trek to see Dalai Lama

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Hundreds of Buddhists in southern Russia yesterday marched through snow to see and hear the Dalai Lama as he continued a long-awaited visit to the country in spite of Chinese protests.
Nearly a thousand residents of the Buddhist region of Kalmykia walked through heavily-falling snow to a monastery outside the capital Elista, where Tibet's spiritual leader was due to speak later in the day.

Yesterday marked the second of a three-day visit to Kalmykia by the Dalai Lama, the first time in eight years that he has been allowed onto Russian territory, and only the second time has visited the Buddhist region.

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