June 22 Is Day of Remembrance and Mourning

On June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War began.

On the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the CSTO PA and Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, visited the cultural and memorial complex at the source of the Dnieper River.

"Today, together with our associates, we paid tribute to our soldiers and officers–all those people we owe our lives to," Vyacheslav Volodin shared.

He pointed out that the Victory came at a high price–27 million human lives–and called for the preservation and protection of historical memory.

The city of St. Petersburg, where the headquarters of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly is located, traditionally hosts solemn mourning ceremonies of laying wreaths and flowers at the monuments to the soldiers.

The CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Secretariat officials took part in this year's solemn ceremony, laying wreaths and flowers at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery.

The CSTO Parliamentary Assembly is actively working to protect the historical truth. For example, on December 19, 2023, the Assembly adopted Recommendations on Liability for the Actions Related to Nazism Rehabilitation and Distortion of the Historical Truth.