Overview
- A flower and wreath-laying ceremony in Dresden on November 25 marked the memorial's 80th anniversary with Russian Ambassador Sergey Nechayev in attendance.
- Belarusian diplomatic staff, former servicemen of the GDR's National People's Army, and Dresden residents joined the commemoration.
- Nechayev thanked local authorities for maintaining Russian graves and monuments and praised the German public's turnout, linking it to historical reconciliation.
- The memorial, inaugurated on November 25, 1945, primarily honors soldiers of the Red Army's 5th Guards Army and was the first of its kind on German soil after World War II.
- Earlier in 2025, Saxony authorities undertook and funded restoration of the memorial, and during his Dresden trip Nechayev also visited the stored Dostoevsky monument, expressing hope it will return to public view.