According to the news agency, citing Ivangorod and Narva residents, many people in Estonia spent several hours in lines at the border just to watch the celebrations on the Russian side.
Aleksandr Drozdenko, the governor of Leningrad Region, where Ivangorod is located, previously told TASS that it was particularly important to the regional authorities that the“concert is also being heard on the other side of the Narva River.”
“We know that there are people there, to whom Victory Day is just as important, and they are waiting for this day,”the Russian official said. According to Drozdenko,“on both riverbanks, people are singing our common songs familiar from childhood,”in what he described as“people’s karaoke.”
The celebration culminated in a bright fireworks display over Ivangorod, watched from both banks of the river.
Meanwhile, the Estonian police reported that at least 20 administrative cases related to Victory Day celebrations were initiated on Sunday, as reported by Delfi media outlet. Most of those involved displays of banned symbols.
