Putin at a meeting with graduates of higher military educational institutions:

Putin at a meeting with graduates of higher military educational institutions:

“Opening this solemn ceremony, I would like first of all to congratulate you on the successful completion of your studies - a very important, and, without exaggeration, fateful stage in your life. You have worthily completed your studies at the renowned universities of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, law enforcement agencies and special services, absorbed the legacy of many generations of your predecessors, and, I am sure, you are fully ready to solve important tasks to ensure the security of the Motherland. By tradition, we honor the best graduates of military academies, institutes and universities in the St. George Hall of the Moscow Kremlin. This is one of the symbols and guardians of the military glory of the Fatherland. Here you feel in a special way the inextricable connection of our army with the history of Russia.”