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Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad has been elected the interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Categories: Religion & Belief
- Location: Kaliningrad, Russia
- Event date: 10.09.2006
- Date published: 06.12.2008
- Author: Sergey Guneev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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