The first public figure to address the Russian people was Kirill, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, who is extremely active in all state matters.
俄罗斯东正教主教基里尔，是首位向俄罗斯民众发表讲话的公众人物，他对所有国家大事都异常积极。
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Mr Lupolianski, an ultra-Orthodox leader honoured by the state for creating a now-huge philanthropic trust that lends medical equipment, was arrested on April 14th.
In the Russian Orthodox world, many will miss the prelate who oversaw the church's revival after acting, in his early life, as a loyal servant of the Soviet state.