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Fireworks illuminated the evening sky in Russia, marking 80 years since the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad. Spectacular footage shows a colorful pyrotechnics display ignited over St Petersburg on7.

Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in solemn commemorative events in St. Petersburg to mark the 81st anniversary of Leningrad’s complete liberation from the Nazi blockade.