“The price of victory was
very high — 27 million lives. And this is our common Victory. The victory of people of different nationalities who today live in different countries. Our
grandfathers and great-grandfathers, the Soviet people, soldiers and officers
of our country, the Motherland, liberated the world,” said the Chairman of the State Duma, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia Vyacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
at the the plenary session of the International Forum
of the Union State of Russia and Belarus “Great Heritage — Common Future”.
Each republic of the Soviet Union made its own contribution to defeat the fascism, both at the front and behind the battle lines, he emphasized. “It was a real brotherhood — the brotherhood of the Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Russian and other peoples, and that made it possible to defend the country, protect its future and give new generations the opportunity to plan it,” added Vyacheslav Volodin.
On April 28–30, 2025, at the initiative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, the International Forum “Great Heritage – Common Future” is being held in the hero city of Volgograd and it is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The parliamentary delegations of the CIS member states, friendly countries of Europe, Asia and Latin America, public figures, representatives of the scientific community, as well as international experts, are participating in the International Forum.