Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering a speech prior to a commemorative concert dedicated to the end of the siege of Leningrad.
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Earlier in the day, the Russian president visited Piskaryovskoe Cemetery, where he laid flowers at the resting place for heroic St. Petersburg residents who succumbed to the Nazi stranglehold on what was the second-largest city in the Soviet Union.
It's estimated that over 1.5 million people perished in the valiant attempt to thwart Hitler's invading forces.