CSTO PA Secretariat Took Part in a Solemn Ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery

Today, January 27, on the 82nd anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege, a solemn mourning ceremony of laying wreaths took place at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery.

Members of the St. Petersburg government, deputies of the Legislative Assembly, representatives of public organizations, as well as representatives of the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly took part in the event.

Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, called the liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege "a great feat of our people."

"We must do everything we can to be worthy of this feat. We must protect the truth about the Great Patriotic War and the heroism of those who fought so that we can live today,” Vyacheslav Volodin wrote in his MAX channel. 

As you may recall, protecting historical truth is a top priority of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.