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MOSCOW, January 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
in St. Petersburg in 1998, although the forensic examination results have been repeatedly challenged since then.In July 2007, the remains of a boy and a young girl believed to be Alexei and Maria were found near the original burial site outside Yekaterinburg, leading to the resumption of the inquiry.
Tests conducted by a dozen institutions in Russia and abroad proved the 1991 and 2007 remains belonged to members of the same family.
The Russian Orthodox Church, which canonized the murdered Romanovs but called the 1998 burial "a political show," responded cautiously to the latest test results, calling for a broader scientific and church discussion.
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