Sergei Mironov, chairman of the Russian Federal Assembly’s Federation Council, visited Moscow’s Shaarei Tsedek social welfare center and met with its director, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shaye Deitsch, and Alexander Boroda, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia.

The politician spoke with seniors taking English and Hebrew lessons at the center, which serves Jewish pensioners, needy families and people with special needs.

He also witnessed a distribution of food packages at the center. …