Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 1052 Fri. May 18, 2007       World Russian church reunites, ending 80-year split Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) delivers a speech as Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II (R) and Metropolitan Laurus (L), the New York-based leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia attend a church service after the signing of the reunification agreement during an elaborate ceremony at Christ the Saviour cathidral in Moscow yesterday. PHOTO: AFP