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Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna Daniil Mokin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Austria Dmitry Lyubinsky, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Maxim Buyakevich and other representatives of Russian diplomatic missions took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet soldier at the Aspern cemetery in Vienna.

The event coincides with a memorable date - the Day of the Unknown Soldier - annually celebrated in Russia since 2014 in memory of Russian and Soviet soldiers who died in hostilities on the homeland territory and abroad.

On this exact day in 1966, on the 25th anniversary of the defeat of German troops by Moscow the remains of the unknown soldier were solemnly buried at the wall of the Moscow Kremlin in the Alexander Garden.