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Russian Embassy Officials Lay Wreaths before Liberation Towers
Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- Officials of the Russian embassy here laid a wreath before the Liberation Tower on Wednesday, the 73rd anniversary of Korea's liberation.

Among the visitors were Ambassador Alexandr Matsegora and staff members of the embassy, the delegation of the Veterans' Union of Russia led by its Chairman Reserve Army General Mikhail Moiseyev, and diplomatic envoys of various countries.

Wreaths in the names of the Russian embassy and the Veterans' Union of Russia were laid and the visitors paid silent tribute to the memory of the martyrs of the Soviet Army who fell in battles for liberating Korea.

Officials of the Russian embassy also placed wreaths and bouquets at the grave of martyrs of the Soviet Army in Sadong District.

Earlier, they laid bouquets before the liberation towers, statues of the Soviet soldiers, martyrs graves and memorial towers in local areas.

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