St. Petersburg brings flowers to the Motherland monument at the Piskarevskoye cemetery

St. Petersburg brings flowers to the Motherland monument at the Piskarevskoye cemetery The ceremony of laying wreaths at the Motherland monument takes place at the Piskarevskoye cemetery on the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the fascist blockade. It was attended by Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, Head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin, Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’ Kirill and Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Barsanuphius. The memory of the victims of the siege was honored with a minute of silence. Источник: Slavyangrad