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The geometry of random projections of centrally symmetric convex bodies in $ℝ^{N}$ is studied. It is shown that if for such a body K the Euclidean ball $B₂^{N}$ is the ellipsoid of minimal volume containing it and a random n-dimensional projection $B = P_{H}(K)$ is "far" from $P_{H}(B₂^{N})$ then the (random) body B is as "rigid" as its "distance" to $P_{H}(B₂^{N})$ permits. The result holds for the full range of dimensions 1 ≤ n ≤ λN, for arbitrary λ ∈ (0,1).