Putin congratulates leaders, people of CIS states, Abkhazia, South Ossetia with May 9

The Russian leader underscored in his congratulations that "it is a common duty today to prevent a restoration of Nazism that brought so much suffering to the people of various states"

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent congratulations with the 77th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War to leaders and people of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic, as well as to the peoples of Georgia and Ukraine, the Kremlin announced on its Website Sunday.

"In his congratulations, the President of Russia particularly emphasize that, on this day, we pay our tribute of appreciation and respect to the warriors and home front workers, who crushed Nazism at a price of countless casualties and hardships," the statement says.

The Russian leader underscored in his congratulations that "it is a common duty today to prevent a restoration of Nazism that brought so much suffering to the people of various states."

"It is necessary to preserve and hand over to our descendants the truth about the wartime events, our common spiritual values and traditions of fraternal friendship," the telegrams say. Overall, Putin wished new generations to be worthy of the memory of their fathers and grandfathers.

Addressing the leaders of foreign states, Putin relayed words of gratitude to the veterans, wished them good health, welfare and longevity, the Kremlin said.