Britain and Russia Together to Celebrate 65th Anniversary of Great Victory in London

MOSCOW, April 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- This will be the fourth year, as Russian and British veterans of the Arctic Convoys (1941-1945) join together on board HMS Belfast in London to celebrate 9 May Victory Day and the 65th Anniversary of the Great Victory in WW2. The commemorative ceremony will include the Russian Ambassador, Yury Fedotov, who will award the 65th Anniversary Medal to a number of British Convoy veterans. Following the minute's silence, the Royal Signals Band will perform Russian and British anthems and HMS Belfast 4-inch guns will fire in salute of the heroism of the Arctic Convoys and the veterans. "Up Spirits!" ceremony with Pusser's Rum will launch the celebrative meal and friendly interaction among veterans and guests.

During this event, cash will be raised for the charity fund "Help for Heroes" in aid for veterans of recent wars [http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk].

Victory Day London website - http://www.VictoryDayLondon.co.uk

The organiser of the event, Chairman of KIFIR, Eugene Kasevin, thanks Petropavlovsk Plc [http://www.petropavlovsk.net] and VTB Capital Plc [http://www.vtbcapital.com] for their continuous support and welcomes the three Russian Convoy veterans, who will take part in the celebration: Nikolay Kireychev, Georgy Evtyukov and Yury Kopytov.

The organiser thanks Pusser's Rum [http://www.pussers.com] for their support in "Up Spirits!" ceremony and BMI [http://www.flybmi.com] for their air-transport contribution.

Organiser: Finance & Investment Markets Players Club (KIFIR) Russia, The Russia House Ltd, England.

PR Newswire [ http://www.prnewswire.co.uk ] is the Club KIFIR world-wide information Partner. Alexandre Bykov will represent PR Newswire Europe at the event.

Finance & Investment Markets Players Club (KIFIR) is the first of its kind in Russia, created to unite international investment professionals based in Russia and involved in its volatile markets of finance and investments. Website: http://www.kifir.info

For press accreditation and further information: Eugene Kasevin, +7-963-716 5837, Email: [email protected]

SOURCE KIFIR

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