Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended congratulations to the leaders of former Soviet republics, as well as to the peoples of Georgia and Moldova, on the anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. Messages were also addressed to the leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which are internationally unrecognized.
“On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Putin has sent congratulatory messages to the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as to the peoples of Georgia and Moldova,” reads a statement published on the Kremlin’s website on May 8.
Putin emphasised that the day is one on which “we express our gratitude and respect to our fathers and grandfathers, who fought shoulder to shoulder at the front and worked in the rear, bringing the long-awaited Victory over the Nazi invaders ever closer at the cost of countless sacrifices and hardships.”
He also extended heartfelt congratulations and sincere words of gratitude to veterans of the Great Patriotic War and home front workers, wishing them good health, strength of spirit and long life.
In his messages to the peoples of Georgia and Moldova, Putin called for preserving the memory of the events of those brutal wartime years and passing on to future generations the good traditions of friendship and mutual assistance that unite the peoples of all countries.
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