Medvedev cancels trip after patriarch's death
China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-06 08:05
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (left) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Friday. Reuters |
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will cancel a planned trip to Italy after the death of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexiy II on Friday and return straight to Moscow from a visit to India, his spokeswoman said.
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