A senior Russian Orthodox Church spokesman said on Thursday church-goers should not be put off attending services this Easter by the terrorist attacks that have shocked the country.
Russia"s Progress cargo spaceship, launched on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this week, docked with the orbital station in an automatic regime on Friday.
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has narrowly defeated Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine"s presidential election with different exit polls giving him from 48.7% to 50.26%.