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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has attended a Christmas church service at the Cathedral of the Assumption at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchy.

The service was also attended by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Volodymyr Rybak.