Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with veterans and representatives of public patriotic associations at the Museum of the Defence and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Russian city of St. Petersburg, then called Leningrad, marked the 76th anniversary of the end of the devastating World War Two siege by Nazi forces, lasted 872 days until the Soviet Army drove the Nazis away on January 27, 1944.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 18.01.2020
- Date published: 18.01.2020
- Author: Mikhail Klimentyev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2931x1989px, 1.3Mb
- Job-ID: c6bde5eb4feb60a5