Putin congratulates leaders and citizens of foreign countries on 80th  anniversary of  Victory in  Great Patriotic War 

ArmInfo.  On the 80th anniversary of  Victory in Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Putin has sent congratulatory messages to the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,  Uzbekistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Israel, as well as the peoples  of Georgia and Moldova.

As reported by the Kremlin press service, the Russian president  emphasized that "our countries sacredly honor the glorious feats and  great sacrifices of  our fathers and grandfathers, who courageously  fought shoulder to shoulder against the Nazi invaders and selflessly  worked in the rear." 

"It is our sacred duty is to carefully preserve the message of the  generation of victors. Therefore, it is very important to  uncompromisingly suppress any attempts to distort our common history,  whitewash or forget the atrocities committed by the Nazis and their  accomplices," the head of the Russian state noted.  In congratulatory  messages to leaders and citizens of foreign countries, the Russian  president conveyed heartfelt congratulations and sincere gratitude to  veterans of the Great Patriotic War and home front workers, wishing  them good health, prosperity and long life.

In his addresses to the peoples of Georgia and Moldova, Vladimir  Putin called for preserving the good traditions of friendship and  mutual assistance bequeathed to us, not allowing our common  historical heritage to be consigned to oblivion and sowing discord  between friendly nations.