“Victory Day 2021: Pskov Region Cancels Parades and Fireworks, Goes Online with “Immortal Regiment””

2023-04-29 07:45:26

In the Pskov region, they will refuse to hold parades on May 9 in honor of the next anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, said the head of the region, Mikhail Vedernikov. Telegram. The action “Immortal Regiment” in the region will be held online.

“As for the military parades. At a joint meeting of the anti-terrorist commission of the operational headquarters of the Pskov region, we, together with colleagues from law enforcement agencies, discussed this issue in detail. And they unequivocally came to the conclusion that it is not possible to hold full-fledged mass traditional events this year for a number of reasons, ”the governor said at a meeting of the Pobeda organizing committee, a video from which he published on Telegram.

“Today we should not celebrate the victory, but do everything to bring it closer,” he said.

The authorities of the Pskov region also decided to cancel the festive salutes and fireworks. “The funds earmarked for fireworks can be spent on the essentials of the participants in the special military operation,” the governor said.

Earlier, parades on Victory Day were canceled in the Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol, Kaluga regions, in the Crimea and Sevastopol. In the Krasnodar Territory, the Victory Parade will be held only in Novorossiysk.

About the plans of the regions for May 9 – in the material “Kommersant” “Parade of convenience”.

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