Russian envoy welcomes street name changes

Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin welcomed the Belgrade city authorities' decision to rename several streets after Russian generals.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 06.05.2010.

09:35

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Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin welcomed the Belgrade city authorities' decision to rename several streets after Russian generals. The streets in the Serbian capital will once again bear the names of Red Army's Marshall Tolbukhin and General Zhdanov. Russian envoy welcomes street name changes Konuzin said that this meant “historical and human justice has been achieved”. “The names of the Soviet and Yugoslav heroes and of the liberating army will remind the people of Belgrade of our common heroic past,” Konuzin said in a statement for RTS and Tanjug. “I am glad the city authorities made this decision ahead of the 65th anniversary of the great victory over fascism. This makes for an even greater celebration,” the Russian ambassador said. Aleksandr Konuzin (Tanjug)

Russian envoy welcomes street name changes

Konuzin said that this meant “historical and human justice has been achieved”.

“The names of the Soviet and Yugoslav heroes and of the liberating army will remind the people of Belgrade of our common heroic past,” Konuzin said in a statement for RTS and Tanjug.

“I am glad the city authorities made this decision ahead of the 65th anniversary of the great victory over fascism. This makes for an even greater celebration,” the Russian ambassador said.

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