(KZN.RU,
June 22). The laying of flowers and wreaths to the Eternal Flame Colonnade of
the Glory Memorial took place in Pobedy Park in Kazan today, on the Day of
Memory and Sorrow.
Rustam
Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, Vitaly Mutko, the deputy Prime Minister
of the RF and the president of the Russian Football Union, Ilsur Metshin, the
Mayor of Kazan, Reinhard Grindel, the president of the German Football Union,
and other officials attended the ceremony.
Participants
of the ceremony paid tribute to those who died in battle with a minute of
silence.
The silent
drill platoon of the Kazan Garrison was involved in the event.
Guests also
visited the Memorial Complex “Book of Memory”.
Rustam
Minnikhanov and Vitaly Mutko talked with veterans, representatives of scouting
force, and participants in the military-patriotic campaign “Candle of Memory”
before the start of the ceremony, reports the press service of the President of
the RT.