TeleSUR correspondent Bruno Falci brings us the details about the commemoration activities to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in Venezuela, which is part of a larger celebration taking place around the world. teleSUR
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00:00Commemoration activities to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the victory of the
00:05Soviet Union over Nazi Germany began around the world.
00:09In Venezuela, several activities were carried out to remember the falling of the Second
00:13World War.
00:15Let's see details with our colleague Bruno Fagi.
00:18The March of the Immortal Regiment is considered one of the largest popular demonstrations
00:25in Russia.
00:26And Caracas people also marched to pay tribute to the eightieth anniversary of the victory
00:31of the Red Army over the Third Reich and the sacrifice of over 23 million Soviet people
00:37to liberate the world from Nazi fascism.
00:41We are very grateful to Venezuela for giving us the opportunity to pay tribute to our ancestors
00:51and our grandparents, who participated in the Second World War.
00:56There were 20 million people who died.
00:59This is a very important date for all of us and we want history never to be forgotten.
01:10With banners, images reflecting the faces of the fallen as well as flags of Venezuela, Russia,
01:17Belarus and above all of the Soviet Union.
01:20The participants rallied and marched in the name of the memory of those men and women who
01:25changed the history of humanity.
01:28I am daughter of Sergei Ignatović.
01:36He is my dad, who participated in the Second World War.
01:42He came out alive, he was fighting in the city of Kerch, he was wounded very badly.
01:49He was evacuated at that time, and all comrades of him who stayed died.
01:56My mom, it's my grandfather, and his brother are all World War II veterans.
02:05At the end of the march on the Procers Promenade, artists played Soviet songs and typical Slavic
02:13dances were performed.
02:18In memory of the soldiers who defeated fascism, and that the struggle for memory, truth, and
02:36peace continues.
02:38It is precisely these values, anti-fascism, the desire for freedom, independence, and justice
02:47that continue to unite Russia and Venezuela today.
02:55The Bolivarian Revolution, knowing that it has an enormous responsibility in Venezuela,
03:00even more in Latin America, that it has an enormous responsibility before the world.
03:06We, the organized Venezuelan people, must know how to stop the fascism that tries to take
03:11political power under any circumstances in Venezuela.
03:15We must stop it.
03:20The Venezuelan government organizes these activities to demonstrate the country's commitment to
03:25the international struggle against fascism, as well as the closeness and friendship among
03:32its peoples in the search for a more just and multipolar world.
03:44the Venezuelan people.
03:52The Venezuelan people.
03:58The Venezuelan people.