Russian President Dmitry Medvedev embraces Ma Xiaobo, 9, a student from China's quake-hit Sichuan Province, at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, capital of Russia, on July 30, 2008. A group of 50 students from China's quake-hit Sichuan province Wednesday visited the glittering Andrew Hall of the Kremlin as the special guests of the Russian president.

(Xinhua News Agency July 31, 2008)