Today, the President of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik, attended a ceremony of laying wreaths and flowers in memory of the victims of the Siege of Leningrad at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in Saint Petersburg.

The wreath-laying ceremony marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad.

Wreaths were also laid by Alexander Beglov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg, and Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia, along with other heads of foreign states.