Izvestia presented a copy of the newspaper dated May 9, 1945, to a veteran who was sitting at the parade with Putin

Izvestia presented Evgeny Znamensky, a 99-year-old veteran of the Great Patriotic War (WWII), who sat on the podium at the Victory Day Parade in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with a copy of the newspaper dated May 9, 1945.

Evgeny Alekseevich was born in 1925, before being drafted, he took part in the defense of Moscow. In early 1943, he was drafted into the Red Army, and in March he took his first battle. In 1945, he celebrated Victory in Berlin.

Alexey Poltoranin, a correspondent of Izvestia, presented a gift to the veteran.

"It should be protected," Znamensky replied, thanking for such a gift.

According to him, he remembers the events of May 1945 "as they are now."

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Earlier that day, Izvestia correspondent Valentin Trushnin reported that the guests of the parade were given a backpack with a gift set. In addition to the reprint of the Izvestia newspaper for May 9, 1945, the backpack contains a cap, a box with binoculars, a blanket, a raincoat, a St. George ribbon and other items.

According to the Cuban journalist Hansel Pavel Oro Oro, the reprint of the Izvestia newspaper for May 9, 1945 is a real treasure, as it allows preserving the memory of the Great Victory.