Overview
- More than two thousand activists in Moscow marched and laid flowers alongside SVO participants, carrying banners linking historic defenders to today’s servicemen.
- The FSB launched an online “Heroes‑Chekists” section featuring illustrated essays on security officers awarded Hero titles in the USSR and modern Russia.
- Organizers of the “Hero Cities – Cities of Heroes” project invited the Association of SVO Veterans and United Russia’s women’s movement to join the 2026 auto rally.
- The Ministry of Defence’s Yunarmiya forum held its finale in Moscow with over 1,500 youths, more than 80 SVO members on site and over a thousand joining by video, with greetings from President Vladimir Putin.
- Regions opened or dedicated new memorials and plaques in Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Kursk, Vladimir and Murmansk, held commemorations across Orenburg region, and unveiled school “hero desks” near Simferopol, while Karachaevo‑Cherkessia’s leader pledged to act on fighters’ requests.