The anniversary was marked with the opening of a new building for the Belarus State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War. Mr Putin arrived at the opening ceremony together with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
After visiting the museum, the two presidents wrote in the guests’ book and also spoke with Great Patriotic War veterans invited to the museum’s opening.
Before the ceremony began, the two presidents laid flowers at the Hero City of Minsk monument on Prospekt Pobediteley near the museum.
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July 2, 2014