Russia marks Soviet win over Fascism

Russia: Russian President Dmitri Medvedev highlighted on Saturday the significant victory of Soviet fighters over fascism and praised those who won the Second World War.

Medvedev described this unquestionable triumph as "a turning point in world history," a great example and lesson for peoples worldwide. You gave the future generations and all of us life and liberty, Medvedev said while addressing the veterans of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) in a congratulatory speech as part of celebrations for the Victory of May 9.

We have a tremendous debt to those who fell in the war and we will never forget the fierce combats for Moscow and Stalingrad, or the 900 days of blockade in Leningrad and Kursk, added Medvedev.

He announced that the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory will be marked in 2010 along with neighbors of the Commonwealth of Independent States and other countries.

Moscow, Prensa Latina