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Hollywood star Mickey Rourke, who came to Russia to support children suffering from cancer and eye diseases, visited St. Petersburg Hospital No. 31. 11.12.2010, Sputnik International

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Hollywood star Mickey Rourke, who came to Russia to support children suffering from cancer and eye diseases, visited St. Petersburg Hospital No. 31.

© RIA Novosti . Alexey Danichev / Go to the mediabankHollywood star Mickey Rourke, who came to Russia to support children suffering from cancer and eye diseases, visited St. Petersburg Hospital No. 31.

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Hollywood star Mickey Rourke, who came to Russia to support children suffering from cancer and eye diseases, visited St. Petersburg Hospital No. 31.

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Accompanied by Santa Claus, the movie star gave out holiday gifts to the young patients, signed autographs and had his photo taken with them.

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Mickey Rourke told journalists that he rarely donated to charity and that this was his first project to help children.

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He explained that many stars in the United States are involved in charity projects, but said he is not sure that all of them are sincere.

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A boy taking a photo of actor Mickey Rourke in the children’s cancer ward of St. Petersburg Hospital No. 31.

© RIA Novosti . Lesya Polyakova / Go to the mediabankMickey Rourke came to Russia with Sharon Stone, Monica Bellucci, Kevin Costner, Alain Delon (center) and Vincent Cassel to take part in the Federation Fund’s charity project that includes a number of events in support of children suffering from cancer and eye diseases.

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Mickey Rourke came to Russia with Sharon Stone, Monica Bellucci, Kevin Costner, Alain Delon (center) and Vincent Cassel to take part in the Federation Fund’s charity project that includes a number of events in support of children suffering from cancer and eye diseases.

© RIA Novosti . Lesya Polyakova / Go to the mediabankThe project’s organizers noted that its main goal is to pool the efforts of the government, the business community and society to improve support of cancer treatment for children in Russia.

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The project’s organizers noted that its main goal is to pool the efforts of the government, the business community and society to improve support of cancer treatment for children in Russia.