President of Tatarstan lays flowers to the Eternal Flame in Victory Park

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has revered the memory of the fallen on the 67th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War today. Head of republic laid flowers to the Eternal Flame at the Memorial of Glory and the Monument to mothers and widows of the fallen in the Kazan Victory Park.

The Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, State Chairman Farid Mukhametshin, Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin jointed RT President and honored the memory of GPW victims.

The republican authorities spoke to veterans and took pictures with them. Laying of wreaths to the Eternal Flame and a minute’s silence in memory of the fallen soldiers were held afterwards. Later on, anthems of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan were heard.

Rustam Minnikhanov, Mintimer Shaimiev, Farid Mukhametshin, Ildar Khalikov and Ilsur Metshin went to the Monument to mothers and widows of the fallen to lay flowers and attended the festive concert.