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Following his inauguration as President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana attended a service at the Moscow Kremlin's Annunciation Cathedral

May 7, 2008

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexii II led the service ‘For the Start of a Good Work’, blessed the new head of state in his service of the nation and addressed to him words of counsel and good wishes.

The Patriarch presented Mr Medvedev with a blessed icon of the Vladimir Mother of God.

May 7, 2008