“It has already become a good tradition that May 9 is celebrated every year here in Tunisia, among compatriots,” Russian Ambassador to Tunisia Alexander Zolotov said. “Of course, this is a very important event, both in the life of the Tunisian Russian diaspora. , and our state.”
Several hundred people with portraits of their relatives who participated in the Great Patriotic War and flags accompanied by patriotic songs marched along the city lane. As part of the event, traditional St. George ribbons were also distributed.
Employees of the Russian Embassy, Russian citizens living in Tunisia, as well as Tunisians – graduates of Soviet and Russian universities and their families came to pay tribute to the memory of the feat of our ancestors.
“It is truly a holy holiday that embodies the courage, heroism, selflessness of the Soviet soldier who succeeded in breaking the back of the fascist machine. We proudly recall the pages of the bravery of the Soviet soldier,” said said Nikolai Yegorov, Russian military. attached to Tunisia. “We have to pass this on from generation to generation, so that these forces that are now trying to rewrite history and impose neo-Nazism on us, so that these plans do not come to fruition.”
He noted that, like the Soviet soldiers, our soldiers are currently fighting the Nazism of the Kiev regime and the collective West, which are trying to take away our victory.
“Of course, we will move forward and win, underlined the military attaché. We won then, and we will win now!”
At the end of the procession, a festive concert took place, during which famous songs from the war years were performed. Russian singer Alisa Ignatieva addressed the audience. After the celebrations were over, everyone was invited to enjoy buckwheat porridge in an impromptu country kitchen.
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