00:00Moving on to the top is Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to the victims
00:04of the Nazi siege during World War II.
00:06In the city of St. Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, the President participated in the 82nd annual
00:13commemorative ceremony and laid a wrath at the monument to the Motherland.
00:18The blockade of the city by Nazi German forces lasted from September 8, 1941 to January 27,
00:251944.
00:26Nearly 420,000 civilians and 70,000 soldiers who gave their life defending the city are
00:33buried in the local cemetery.
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