Russia and Britain Celebrated 9 May Victory Day on Board HMS Belfast, London

MOSCOW and LONDON, May 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Russo-British 65th Anniversary Victory Day celebration took place on board HMS Belfast in London on Sunday 9 May 2010 with over 200 people present. The ceremony was opened by the organizer, Chairman of Finance & Investment Markets Players Club (http://www.kifir.info), Eugene Kasevin, who delivered the message of greetings from Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II to all participants of the celebration.

His Excellency Yury Fedotov, the Ambassador of Russian Federation in the UK on behalf of Russian government, awarded seventeen British veterans of Arctic Convoys the Russian medal of 65th Anniversary of Victory. Among honourable guests was the parliamentary Under-Secretary for Security and Counter-terrorism Lord Alan West.

As a third-year tradition, the event included the Minute silence, Russian and British anthems from the Royal Signals Band, HMS Belfast 4-inch guns salute and "Up Spirits!" with Pusser's Rum.

Three Russian veterans from Arkhangelsk - Yury Kopytov, Georgy Evtyukov and Nikolay Kireychev - joined their British allied friends on board HMS Belfast.

Later, the Russian Ambassador stated that the joint Russo-British Victory Day Celebration was held "in a warm and heartfelt atmosphere where all guests and awarded veterans were profoundly pleased with the attention they received". The British Ambassador in Moscow, Anne Pringle, noted that she was pleased with the way our two countries joined their efforts in celebrating the WW2 Victory Day. Other people, who spoke at the event were HMS Belfast Director Phil Reed, Peter Hambro (Petropavlovsk Plc), Oleg Pankratov (VTB Capital Plc), Igor Serov (United Industrial Corporation) and Andrey Fomichev (JSC Shipbuilding plant <<Severnaya verf>>).

Photo gallery - http://www.victorydaylondon.co.uk/photo/hmsb2010/

The organizer expresses gratitude to Petropavlovsk Plc ( http://www.petropavlovsk.net) and VTB Capital Plc (http://www.vtbcapital.com) for their continued support of Victory Day Celebration on board HMS Belfast. Other contributing companies: Interfax, Angliya Newspaper, The Russia House, BMI, Pusser's Rum, Ivan The Terrible Vodka.

During the event 300 pounds were raised for Charity Fund "Help for Heroes" in aid for veterans of recent wars.

Alexandre Bykov supported the event on behalf of PR Newswire Europe (PR Newswire is the global leader in news and information distribution services for professional communicators).

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    Further information is available from Eugene Kasevin. Contact address:
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    +7-963-716-5837
    +44-7961-000-766

    Web site of the event: http://www.VictoryDayLondon.co.uk

SOURCE KIFIR