Today in several cities in Russia, as well as in several countries took action “Immortal regiment.” The participants marched through the city center, holding photographs of their relatives, who participated in the Great Patriotic War. In Moscow, a solemn procession was headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin with a portrait of his father, a war veteran. Just “Immortal regiment” was attended by over 1 million people. Later, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at a meeting with Mr Putin said that he accepted hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of Moscow after the parade for the “demonstration against the government,” but then I realized that the Russian president “deserves all this love of the people».
On the occasion of the Victory Day celebrations in Austria, Belarus, Germany, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Russia and other countries took action “Immortal regiment.” In Moscow, several hundred thousand people took to the streets with portraits of the family participated in the war. The column stretches from Manege Square to the metro station “Dinamo”. The procession was headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, he was holding a picture of his father – a veteran of World War II. “I think my father as well as millions of ordinary soldiers – and he was just a soldier – had the right to pass through this area. But fate was such that not all were able to pass on Red Square “, – said Mr. Putin told reporters.
The column passed by the Belarusian Square on Tverskaya and Tverskaya street through Okhotny Ryad to Red and Manezhnaya Square. After passing through Red Square “Immortal regiment” was divided into two parts: one of them was held at the Grand Moscow River bridge, the other – on the waterfront Moskvoretskaya. According to the Moscow Interior Ministry, the event was attended by more than 500 thousand. Man.
Later, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who arrived in Moscow to participate in the festivities, at a meeting with Vladimir Putin said that the Russian President “earned the love of the people.” “After the parade, I saw that the streets were hundreds of thousands of people. At first I thought they demonstrate against your government. But I saw that they were, on the contrary, welcomed your government. It is evident that they did it with pride. I really think you deserve all this love of the people “, – quotes” RIA Novosti “words of the UN Secretary General.
Recall Action” Immortal regiment “was first held in Tomsk in 2012 year. In 2013, it was attended by 120 cities already, and in 2014 the event was held in seven countries and 500 cities. With this year’s campaign officially began nationwide and passed more than 100 thousand. Settlements. A procession of the event is not limited. The site “Immortal regiment” everyone can make a page and tell us about their relatives who participated in the war.
«In many cities and towns the number of participants considerably higher than expected. We waited at home shares in Tomsk, 30 thousand. Man, but in the “regiment” arose, according to conservative estimates, 50 thousand. And so in many cities. The action on the day the 70th anniversary of the Victory really has united all the Russians and our compatriots abroad, “- said one of the coordinators TASS Sergey Kolotovkin shares.
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