
On the official website of the Russian Orthodox Church, a photograph was found where there is no watch on the patriarch’s hand, but they are reflected on a varnished table. This was written on his twitter by civil activist Alexei Navalny. “What a shame. This is the campaign against the patriarch,” Navalny wrote, posting a link to the site “Patriarchy.ru with a photograph.
About an hour after from the website of the Russian Orthodox Church, the opportunity to see the enlarged version of the photograph was removed, but Gazeta.ru retained her screenshot. The photo was taken on July 3, 2009 during the meeting by Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov.
Also on Wednesday, bloggers drew attention to the photograph of RIA Novosti from the February meeting of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with representatives of religious faiths. In this photo, the patriarch sits next to Putin, and the watch is worn on the hand of the Primate.
Earlier, Patriarch Kirill said that he had never wore a Breguet watch for 30 thousand euros, with which Ukrainian journalists photographed in 2009. He stated this at a meeting with journalist Vladimir Solovyov. At the same time, the Patriarch admitted that he really has such hours.
"When we put on a robe for the service, it is impossible to wear a clock, it is impossible to wear a clock. And I looked at this photo and suddenly realized - but this is a collage! But after this photograph appeared, I went and began to look. After all, many come and give. And there are often boxes that you do not open and do not know what is there. And I saw that I really have a Breguet watch. There is no such watch, because yes, there is no longer a box, there is never a worn, and she lies, ”Patriarch Solovyov quoted on the air of the Vesti FM radio station.
“Yes, I wear a clock. Dmitry Anatolyevich gave me this watch. This is our Russian watch, an inexpensive clock with the coat of arms - a small, neat watch,” Patriarch Soloviev quoted, talking about a meeting with him.
During the visit of Patriarch Kirill to Ukraine in July 2009, his watch fell into the photographer's lens. During a prayer service on Vladimir Gorka in Kyiv, the patriarch’s wrist was Breguet’s watch worth about 30 thousand euros.
It was reported that the Patriarch has a classic Breguet model - the case is made of white gold, the strap is made of crocodile leather, the mechanism is automatic.
On March 23, it became known that representatives of Patriarch Kirill, who own the apartment in the famous "House on the Embankment", achieved the arrest of his neighbor from below. It is reported by Radio Liberty. By decision of Moscow courts, the ex-Minister of Health, the cardiologist and priest Yuri Shevchenko must pay 20 million rubles as compensation for damage caused to the housing of Patriarch Kirill. According to the judicial authorities, the apartment belonging to Shevchenko costs 15 million rubles. The arrest of the housing owned by the Shevchenko family is aimed at ensuring the claims.
The communal story associated with the Patriarchal Apartment began in 2010. Lydia Leonova, prescribed in the apartment of Vladimir Gundyaeva, accused Yuri Shevchenko of the fact that the construction dust from the repair that was in the doctor’s apartment injured the property of the Primate. According to the Rosbalt agency, it was: "transportation of items from the apartment and back - 376 thousand rubles, apartment renovation - 7.3 million rubles, renting similar housing for the repair time - 2.1 million rubles, spoiled furniture and interior items - 2.6 million rubles, a specialized person - 6.3 million rubles, and 151 cleaning - 151. A thousand rubles ". Gundyaev himself did not take part in conflict or in attempts to settle his participation.