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He said the incident resulted in the "crazy and brutal" deaths of innocent people.
“All this is connected with terrorist actions that have been carried out against our country and our people for several years now. But terrorism did not come so close to the very heart of the country,” the Patriarch noted.
According to him, the first reaction of the Church should be prayer, “then the official point of view will be expressed.”
Earlier, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' said that the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall building in the Moscow region was striking in its cynicism and cruelty.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held contacts with colleagues from the CIS countries, as well as from Hungary, Turkey, Jordan and Mali - all expressed condolences.