Russian Orthodox priest gives Prime Minister a warm greeting on a cold day
Thursday 17 February 1994 00:02 GMT
CommentsJohn Major meets a priest in Nizhny Novgorod yesterday. The temperature was several degrees below freezing but, asked why he was not wearing his Russian fur hat, Mr Major said with a smile: 'Not a bit of it. It is a nice, pleasant spring day.'
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