Yulia Timoshenko and patriarch Kirill

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, second to the left, and Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko during the meeting, in Moscow (Russia), on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. This day Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill during the meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine said that he is ready to do everything that depends on him for development of the Ukrainian-Russian relations. The patriarch noted the importance of church and spiritual relations between peoples for development relations between Ukraine and Russia in all directions. He expressed a hope that the Ukrainian government will support this position, because Ukraine and Russia together are support of Eastern orthodox civilization. Photo by Aleksandr Prokopenko/POOL/UNIAN