Diplomats of the Russian Federation and CIS countries laid flowers at the monument to the heroes of the Red Army in Vienna

Diplomats from Russia and the CIS countries laid flowers at the monument to the heroes of the Red Army in honor of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Vienna. The April 13 footage is published by Izvestia.

The footage shows representatives of diplomacy standing with bouquets at the Vienna memorial to the Soviet soldiers-liberators.

In addition, information stands and newsreels from those years were presented, the installation of which required permission from the city authorities.

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Earlier in the day, Russian Ambassador to Vienna Dmitry Lyubinsky said in an interview with Izvestia that it was difficult to find an objective assessment of the events of 1945 in the mass of historical publications, as well as reports on radio and television in Austria dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Vienna. According to the diplomat, the local media also hush up the role of the Austrians in the overall complex of crimes of the Wehrmacht or SS in the territory of the Soviet Union.