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Citizens of Russia and China marched in the ranks of the “Immortal Regiment” in Beijing. Observers note that every year in China there are more and more participants in this memorable procession. “It is extremely important that not only us, but also our children, our Chinese friends remember the heroes of the Great Patriotic War,” Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov said. In Beijing, the action “Immortal Regiment” reacts especially sensitively, because they well remember how in 1945 the Soviet Union, after the victory over Nazi Germany, helped China defeat the Japanese militarists. Employees of the Russian Embassy and the Mayor’s Office of the Chinese city of Chengde lay flowers at the memorial dedicated to fallen soldiers and officers of the Soviet-Mongolian Cavalry Mechanized Group under the command of Colonel General Issa Alexandrovich Pliev. And in Shanghai, Russian-speaking residents celebrated the 78th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War with a festive concert featuring songs from the war years and a procession of the Immortal Regiment.
In Seoul, employees of the Russian Embassy in the Republic of Korea, representatives of Russian organizations and their family members, on the occasion of Victory Day, laid flowers at the monument to the sailors of the cruiser Varyag in Incheon. Russian Ambassador to Seoul Andrei Kulik recalled that the sailors of the cruiser, as well as the gunboat “Koreets”, gave their lives for the motherland.

In Tokyo, a commemorative action took place on the territory of the Russian diplomatic mission, where diplomats and their families, as well as Russian compatriots, took part in the procession. On May 9, Russian Chargé d’Affaires in Japan Gennady Ovechko, ambassadors of a number of CIS member countries – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, representatives of Russian compatriots and the Japanese public laid flowers at the memorial to the excellent Soviet intelligence officer Hero of the Soviet Union Richard Sorge at Tama Cemetery in the capital.

In Washington, the procession of the “Immortal Regiment” took place on May 8 on the territory of the Russian Embassy. The action brought together 120 people, including employees and students of the school, diplomats, officers of the military attaché, as well as members of their families. “My only regret is that this year we will not be able to walk the streets of Washington with you, as we did several years ago, and reach the monument to the victors of World War II,” said the Russian Ambassador to the United States. says Anatoly Antonov, addressing those gathered.
In Rome, a commemorative action took place in the famous Piazza San Giovanni, where everyone came with photographs of veterans of the Great Patriotic War and workers on the home front, red banners, flags of Russia . Participants recalled the exploits of fighters against fascism, sang songs from the war years, chanted patriotic slogans. “In these days of May, we remember the exploits of our ancestors – soldiers and commanders of the Red Army and Navy, fighters of Europe, including the Italian anti-fascist Resistance. All those who in May 1945 did not disagreed with dividing mankind into a race of slaves and a race of gentlemen, and in his disagreement signed on the walls of the defeated Reichstag in Berlin,” said Mikhail Rossiysky, Russian Chargé d’Affaires in Italy .

In Paris, the red banners of Victory, of the USSR, of the Russian tricolor floated on the Place de la République in Paris, where the participants in the current seventh action of the “Immortal Regiment” gathered on May 8. Next to them were other flanks – France, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Greece. And, of course, hundreds of our compatriots living in France brought photos of their relatives and friends who shed blood in this terrible war with Hitler’s Third Reich and broke his back.

In Paris, the red banners of Victory, the USSR, the Russian tricolors floated on the Place de la République in Paris

There were also a lot of French people. Not only supporters of several public associations, such as the Movement for Peace, but also simple benevolent Parisians. People sang songs from the war years, our national anthem “Day of Victory” resounded powerfully in the iconic square, which was tried to prevent the Ukrainian extremists who had sniffed out this action, who had dug into the French capital. However, the provocation failed. The fact is that the French authorities, who authorized the “Immortal Regiment” in its traditional form, concentrated impressive detachments of security forces in the area where the rally was held. And as soon as the people of Bandera, and there were several dozen of them, began to approach, the police pushed them back towards the underground entrance to the metro, located right in the center of the square, and literally led them there. Then they lined up in a chain so that the Ukrainian troublemakers didn’t want to emerge on the outside.

“It is our sacred duty to preserve the memory of this war and of those who defeated Nazism and achieved peace,” Georgy Shepelev, chairman of the Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots in France, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta. According to him, this is particularly important now, when attempts are being made to distort the events of those terrible years, to relegate to oblivion the decisive role of the USSR in the Victory over the Third Reich.

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p class=””>Historian and university professor Bruno Drvesky agrees with him. According to him, all the peoples of Europe must remember that “80% of all Nazi troops were crushed by the Red Army, and also of the enormous price that the Soviet people paid for the great Victory”.

In Warsaw, alas, the Polish authorities did not try to stop the provocations. The aggressive crowd, along with police inaction, prevented Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev from laying flowers at the memorial cemetery. The public demanded that the diplomat remove the St. George ribbon from his jacket. Due to the attacks, the head of the diplomatic mission had to leave the memorial. The ambassador described what happened in Warsaw as “shameful and a violation of public order”. “Of course, it’s unpleasant, but it won’t put us off balance. No matter what our villains provoke, it will always be our vacation, it’s our victory, and the victory will always be ours,” said the Russian ambassador. said. Moreover, the memorial cemetery of Soviet soldiers in Warsaw was desecrated with vulgar inscriptions.

In Tehran, the “Immortal Regiment” passed through the historic alleys of the Russian diplomatic mission, which this year celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Tehran Conference. In addition to Russians and compatriots, it included guys from Armenia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran and Switzerland, who then performed at a concert of military songs.

In Lebanese Beirut, hundreds of compatriots, graduates of Russian and Soviet universities, employees of the Russian Embassy took part in the “Immortal Regiment” action. Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Rudakov noted that the procession helps preserve the memory of the resilience and indestructibility of the Russian people and has become a good tradition not only in Russia, but also in nearby foreign countries. and distant.
In Buenos Aires, Russians and Argentines held a commemorative procession through the city center despite attempts to disrupt it. The participants marched with the Russian tricolor along San Martin Square to the songs of the war years. During the action, demonstrators appeared in the square, chanting anti-Russian slogans and insults. But the marchers, including the Argentines, emotionally defended the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War. This year, Buenos Aires also hosted a patriotic action called “The Fire of Memory”. A particle of the Eternal Flame – one of the main symbols of the memory of fallen and dead heroes – was delivered to Argentina by Pavel Berezhansky, a pediatrician at the Morozov Children’s Clinical Hospital.

In Caracas, Venezuela, deputies of the country’s National Assembly, employees of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other ministries and departments, activists from the youth wing of Venezuela’s ruling United Socialist Party and the movement “Volunteers of Victory” and some other public organizations joined in the march of the “Immortal Regiment” and a concert of patriotic songs.

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