Washington DC, April 26 -- The Russian Embassy in India on Sunday organised in teh national capital a Volunteer Cleanup Day dedicated to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

The activity is a tribute to the Russian movement, which is a voluntary public service called Subotnik, according to Denis Alipov, Russian Ambassador to India, who also participated in the volunteer cleanup drive this morning around the embassy in Delhi along with Russian diplomats and staff.

"Yes, we came en masse this morning to do some cleaning around the embassy. You know, we have a laudable volunteer movement in Russia generally doing some public work, helping public workers. So-called Subotnik, so we thought it would be great to organize one in Delhi," Alipov told ANI.

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