Д.Медведев.Церемония вручения грамот. 1

Speech at Ceremony Conferring the Titles of City of Military Glory on Arkhangelsk, Kozelsk, and Pskov. January 12, 1 The Kremlin, Moscow Церемония вручения грамот о присвоении почётного звания «Город воинской славы» Архангельску, Козельску и Пскову. 12 января 2010 года Москва, Кремль PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA DMITRY MEDVEDEV: Friends, veterans, First of all, I would like to wish you a Happy New Year. I am very happy to see all of you. This new year is a special one for our nation, because this year is the 65th anniversary of our Great Victory. Perhaps, on the eve of this Victory, we are more acutely aware of its meaning for our nation and for the entire world, as well as the historic projection of what happened during that period. Russia will always honour the memory of those who defended our nations independence and who restored it from the ruins during the difficult post-war period. And we will remember and celebrate the military feats by the Cit