Commemoration of the fallen defenders of the Fatherland took place in St Petersburg.

Within the framework of the St Petersburg stage of the nation-wide event Memory Watch 2019, plenipotentiary representatives of the parliaments of the CSTO Member States and the CSTO PA Secretariat laid wreaths and flowers at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
Memory Watch is a set of events that include search expeditions, burial ceremonies of soldiers found by explorers and patriotic actions perpetuating the memory of the fallen defenders of the Fatherland.
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