IN BRIEF: What we know about reaction to Russia’s Easter ceasefire initiative

MOSCOW, April 10. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced an Easter ceasefire in the zone of the special military operation, the Kremlin said on Thursday evening.

TASS has collected key details about the reaction to the announcement.

Respect of traditions

- The Russian Orthodox Church welcomes Putin’s move to declare an Easter ceasefire, said Vladimir Legoida, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society and Mass Media.

- The Easter ceasefire proposal reflects Putin’s deep respect for Orthodox traditions, Roza Chemeris, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, commented to TASS.