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1995, January 24: The Aga Khan visits Russia: At the invitation of the Government of Russia, His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, began an official visit to Moscow. During the five-day visit, based on an invitation extended the previous year, the Aga Khan met with senior Russian leaders, including his host, Foreign Minister Andrei Kozirev. He also met with members of the Ismaili community in Moscow. (More) He also met with Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. Held meetings with officials at the highest levels of federal and local governments.

Hazar Imam meets Russian President V. Putin 2002-04-30

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In Russia, or U.S.S.R., Ismaili villages are only found in the valley of the river Panj which, after its confluence with Wakhsh, or Wakhshab, forms the mighty Oxus or Amu-Darya river of Central Asia. These Ismailis are often wrongly called "Pamir Ismailis", not because they inhabit the plateau of the "Roof of the World", Pamir, but because they reside on its borders, in the gorges which open into the valley of Panj. Only few Qirgniz nomad tribes who with their flocks roam the cold and arid expanse of the Pamir tableland, deserve to be called the real inhabitants of the place.