Russian Communists Celebrate 80th Stalingrad Anniversary 🇷🇺

(2 Feb 2023)
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Moscow - 2 February 2023
1. Wide of procession carrying wreath
2. Mid of Russian Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov walking
3. Wide of procession
4. Close of flags
5. Push in on soldiers laying wreath
6. Various of Zyuganov laying flowers
7. Wide of attendees
8. Mid of Zyuganov laying flowers
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Gennady Zyuganov, Communist Party Leader:
"Today, we are grateful to the fathers and grandfathers of the victors, but it will be even greater gratitude if in the near future we defeat the Nazi and Bandera people, who today unleashed a war in fraternal Ukraine. To do this, it is necessary to adopt the unique experience of the victorious Red Army, the Battle of Stalingrad, Oryol, Kursk. So, (let's go) forward under the red banner to new victories."
10. People laying flowers
11. Various of soldiers marching
12. Wide of people
13. Close of monument
STORYLINE:
Russian communists held a procession and laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Stalingrad during World War II.

The Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov laid flowers at the monument near the Kremlin walls.

"Today we are grateful to the fathers and grandfathers of the victors, but it will be even greater gratitude if in the near future we defeat the Nazi and Bandera people, who today unleashed a war in fraternal Ukraine," said Zyuganov.

Stalingrad is regarded as the bloodiest battle in history with the death toll for soldiers and civilians reaching as high as 2 million.

The Soviet victory was a major turning point in the European theater of World War II and the battle remains an immense point of pride in modern Russia, lauded as a demonstration of military might and moral seriousness.

AP video shot by Vladimir Kondrashov.

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