Dmitry Kiselev, General Director of Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, and Olga Zanko, State Duma Deputy, at a press conference timed to coincide with the launch of the Georgievskaya ribbon»MOSCOW, 27 Apr.The St. George Ribbon this year will be a sign of solidarity with the military participating in the special operation in Ukraine, and the citizens of this country, who have been attacked by nationalists since 2014, said Dmitry Kiselev, Director General of the Rossiya Segodnya MIA. «This year, everyone who wears this tape, they will carry it in their cars, they will do it quite consciously, including as a sign of solidarity with our wars, the heroes who are carrying out such a sanitary action in Europe, in spite of everything, in the face of fierce resistance. solidarity with those people in Ukraine, with citizens in Ukraine who have suffered since 2014 from this terror by ultranationalists, who, as peaceful people, raising their children, living with everyday worries, found themselves in a position where they were simply terrorized,» said Kiselev at a press conference dedicated to the launch of the St. George Ribbon campaign. 029490c.jpg» />The St. George Ribbon action will be held in dozens of countries. He clarified that the St. George ribbon remains a symbol of victory over Nazism. «This victory ribbon, as it was until now, remains such a symbol of victory over Nazism,» — Kiselev added. The St. George Ribbon consists of three black and two orange stripes and is an integral part of many military awards of the Russian Empire, the USSR and the Russian Federation. At the beginning of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014, this symbol was used by militia fighters and volunteers who fought on the side of the DPR and LPR against the Ukrainian security forces. Since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, the St. George ribbon has been worn by the Russian military, in particular paratroopers in Gostomel and fighters from Chechnya.
