RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN ATTENDS EASTER SERVICE IN MOSCOW
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov (C) and Chief of presidential administration Sergei Sobyanin hold candles during an Easter night liturgy in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow April 23, 2006. Today, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Easter, a week later after Western christians. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)
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