Moscow news
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09-May-2007
About 9 mln Russians attend VE-Day celebrations in Russia
MOSCOW, May 10 (Itar-Tass) -- About 8.6 million Russians attended VE-Day celebrations all over Russia, Itar-Tass learnt at the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry on Thursday.
According to the press centre, it is almost one million more than last year. ?The most numerous festive actions and gatherings were held in the Central Federal District - - 2.4 million people took part in them, in the Volga Federal District - - 1.5 million people and the Siberian Federal District - - one million people,? a representative of the press centre said. VE-Day celebrations were held in almost 4,000 cities, towns and settlements.
?Celebrations passed calmly and without any incidents, no serious breakings of the law were registered,? the representative of the press service said.
During May Day celebrations security was tightened all over Russia. A total of over 225,000 policemen were involved in ensuring security.
Itar Tass