Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, delivers a speech during a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, attend a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, delivers a speech as Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sits nearby during a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, arrive to attend a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Chairman of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals) and Co-Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Churches in Russia Sergei Ryakhovsky, left, and Metropolitan Cornelius, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church wait before a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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From left, Mufti of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims Albir Krganov, Chairman of the Central Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia and Chief Mufti of Russia Talgat Tadzhuddin and Head of the Spiritual Board of Russia's Muslims, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin wait before a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivers a speech during a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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From left, Chairman of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals) and Co-Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Churches in Russia Sergei Ryakhovsky, Metropolitan Cornelius, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church and Chairman of the Central Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia and Chief Mufti of Russia Talgat Tadzhuddin wait before a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, delivers a speech as Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sits nearby during a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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From left, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Grigory Karasin, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council's committee on defence and security Vladimir Chizhov and First Deputy Chairman of Russian Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Sergei Kislyak wait before a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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From left, Chairman of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals) and Co-Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Churches in Russia Sergei Ryakhovsky, Metropolitan Cornelius, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church, Mufti of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims Albir Krganov, Chairman of the Central Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia and Chief Mufti of Russia Talgat Tadzhuddin and Head of the Spiritual Board of Russia's Muslims, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin wait before a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, arrive to attend a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Metropolitan Cornelius, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church, left, and Chairman of the Central Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia and Chief Mufti of Russia Talgat Tadzhuddin wait before a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrive to attend a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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From left, Chairman of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals) and Co-Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Churches in Russia Sergei Ryakhovsky, Metropolitan Cornelius, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church, Mufti of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims Albir Krganov and Chairman of the Central Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia and Chief Mufti of Russia Talgat Tadzhuddin wait before a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Mufti of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims Albir Krganov, left, waits before a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Chairman of the Central Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Russia and Chief Mufti of Russia Talgat Tadzhuddin, centre, waits before a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Chairman of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians (Pentecostals) and Co-Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Heads of Protestant Churches in Russia Sergei Ryakhovsky, left, and Head of the Spiritual Board of Russia's Muslims, Mufti Ravil Gainutdin wait before a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrive to attend a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia delivers a speech during a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, delivers a speech as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sits nearby during a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, right, delivers a speech as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sits nearby during a reception held to mark Orthodox Easter at the Russian Foreign Ministry's Reception House, in Moscow, Russia.

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