Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated the heads and citizens of CIS states, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as Georgian people on the 66th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War (GPW).

According to RIA Novosti, the congratulatory message sent to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan reads: "I strongly believe that the invaluable heritage of those years – the solidarity that united our peoples – will continue serving as a basis for boosting the Russian-Armenian allied relations and mutually beneficial partnership also in future."