03:54Germany: Russian officials lay wreaths at Soviet War Memorial in Berlin to mark V-Day
Russia delegations headed by Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev laid wreaths at Soviet War Memorial in Berlin on Monday, marking 77 years since the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII.
Russian officials were seen paying tribute to the fallen Soviet soldiers, while dozens of attendees, some of them carrying Russian flags, were watching.
Russian military officials also participated in the ceremony and saluted the memorial.
Furthermore, the Russian Ambassador to Germany, Sergey Nechaev commented on the decision of the Berlin authorities to ban the public display of Russian and Ukrainian symbols on the 9th of May.
"St. George's ribbons and Russian flags for diplomatic missions for official delegations are allowed and we will use them and continue, these are our shrines and on this day we will not give them up," he said.
Victory Day marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union at the end of the Second World War, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers died in the Battle of Berlin.
03:54Russia delegations headed by Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev laid wreaths at Soviet War Memorial in Berlin on Monday, marking 77 years since the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII.
Russian officials were seen paying tribute to the fallen Soviet soldiers, while dozens of attendees, some of them carrying Russian flags, were watching.
Russian military officials also participated in the ceremony and saluted the memorial.
Furthermore, the Russian Ambassador to Germany, Sergey Nechaev commented on the decision of the Berlin authorities to ban the public display of Russian and Ukrainian symbols on the 9th of May.
"St. George's ribbons and Russian flags for diplomatic missions for official delegations are allowed and we will use them and continue, these are our shrines and on this day we will not give them up," he said.
Victory Day marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union at the end of the Second World War, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers died in the Battle of Berlin.