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RUSSIA MOURNS V-E SOLDIERS WITH SILENCE MINUTE

16:2109/05/2005
MOSCOW, May 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia mourns WWII soldiers with a minute of silence tonight, 8 p.m. All television channels will livecast an appeal to the world to ever hold sacred the memory of all who laid down their life to fight nazism. A Schumann tune will accompany the address. The song, "Bow to the Glorious Years!" will follow the silence minute.

A grand-style Red Square pageant starts immediately after.

Russia had its May 9 silence minute 18.50 all previous years.




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