1.   But the statues will be restored by Esther and Mark Siegfried, conservators of Art Conservation Laboratories.

2.   Khalili wants the giant statues restored.

3.   The Duma recently voted to restore the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the secret police that became the KGB, the archenemy of Russian democracy.

4.   Human rights activists have denounced the proposal to restore the statue, saying Dzerzhinsky was a symbol of murderous repression during the Soviet era.

5.   It is unclear whether both mammoth statues will be restored.

6.   Nikolai Kharitonov, head of the pro-Communist Agrarian faction in the Duma, has called for restoring the statue, saying it would boost the confidence of ordinary Russians.

7.   Nikolai Kharitonov, head of the pro-Communist Agrarian faction in the Duma, called for restoring the statue.

8.   Nikolai Kharitonov, head of the pro-Communist Agrarian faction in the Duma, called for restoring the statue, saying it would boost the confidence of ordinary Russians.

9.   The Communists are the leading faction in parliament, but are much less influential in the Moscow city parliament, which may block the move to restore the statue.

10.   The proposal to restore the statue has been denounced by human rights activists, who said Dzerzhinsky was a symbol of murderous repression during the Soviet era.