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http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14068041&PageNum=0 Inles. Spanish singer Raphael gives jubilee concert in Russia. 19.06.2009, 17.11 MADRID, June 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Famous Spanish singer Raphael will give a single concert in Russia on June 20. Raphael first sang on the Russian stage in 1969. The singer has very warm reminiscences of Moscow that ?would stay in his heart forever?, he said then. Now, forty years later the singer is returning with a special program for his Russian admirers. Raphael told Tass that the Russians like Spanish have a very romantic soul full of lyrics like most of his songs. Raphael says he has ?special relations? with Russia. At times of anti-Soviet hysteria when everyone in Spain was intimidated with an alleged ?communist threat? and told falsehoods about the Russian people Raphael met very kind, affable people in Russia, many of whom became his friends, the singer said. Raphael congratulated Moscow upon grandiose success of the Eurovision Song Contest held in Moscow in May. The singer, who earlier took part in a Eurovision Song Festival himself, said he had never seen such a grandiose festival before. Raphael is giving his single concert in Russia at the Barvikha Luxury Village - one of the most prestigious places in the Moscow countryside, on June 20 in the framework of the 50th jubilee of his singing career. Originally posted by Victor Pr