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Medvedev, Yanukovych ride in Soviet-era car, visit chapel in Moscow

Medvedev, Yanukovych ride in Soviet-era car, visit chapel in Moscow

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met on Monday with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych, who was on a private visit to Moscow, for the second time in five weeks.

Yanukovych reportedly arrived in Moscow to attend the baptism of his former schoolmate's grandson. Earlier, the deputy head of the presidential administration, Anna German, said no meetings with Russia's leadership were planned during Yanukovych's stay in the Russian capital.

During Monday's meeting in Gorki, Medvedev's residence outside Moscow, the Russian president took his Ukrainian counterpart for a drive in his white Soviet-era Pobeda car. The two leaders also visited a chapel, as the meeting took place amid Easter celebrations.


The Russian president's press secretary, Natalia Timakova, told RIA Novosti Medvedev and Yanukovych were expected to discuss issues of bilateral relations during an informal dinner.

Earlier on Monday, Yanukovych met with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and visited the grave of cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy in the Novodevichye cemetery.