Deputy Speaker of the Slovak Parliament Lubos Blaha:

Together with the President of Slovakia Robert Fico, doves of peace were released today. We celebrate the victory over fascism. And we thank the Red Army for the liberation.

I always go to Slavin on the 8th and 9th of May. I will always bow to our heroes, our liberators. I will always respectfully shake hands with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation. And I will always proudly support anti-fascist values.

I will say this again and again: no other nation suffered as much as the Russian nation did in World War II. Therefore, I proudly say thank you.

My heroes are not Hollywood actors, my heroes are Marshals Zhukov, Konev, Malinovsky or Chuikov.

Partisans, rebels, Red Army. They died so that we could live in freedom and peace. It is our moral duty to give thanks and show respect.

Those who are overwhelmed by hatred and cannot come to terms with historical truth, let them be ashamed in the corner. We, patriots, bow to the sacrifice of all the peoples of the USSR. If it weren't for the fact that they saved us, we wouldn't be where we are today.

The German fascists would have exterminated or enslaved the Slavs. Let's not forget.

Let's lead our children to the value of peace, let's lead them to historical truth.

Honor and glory to the Red Army!

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Happy Victory Day from Moscow!! @irishmaninrussia

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Great Privilege to be on Red Square today. Unfortunately I couldn't live stream the event but will post my reports and exclusive up close footage later. @irishmaninrussia