Festivities dated for Victory Day start in Moscow

Festivities dated for the celebration of the Victory Day will start in Moscow on May 8. The celebration will begin with the opening of a memorial stele in Alexander Garden “Cities of war glory”. The Russian President Dmitrii Medvedev will take part in the ceremony.

The Presidents of Belarus and Ukraine are also expected to attend the opening ceremony. The head of the provisional government of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva may also arrive.