Vladimir Putin has landed in Slovenia to commemorate victims of WWI

100th anniversary of the death of Russian war prisoners on Vršič mountain

by Wilk Vatroslawski

Slovenia – Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived early Saturday afternoon in a short visit to Slovenia at the invitation of Slovenian President Borut Pahor.Formal occasion for this visit was the 100th anniversary of the death of Russian war prisoners on Vršič mountain at Kranjska Gora, where they died in March 1916 from a snow avalanche.

Immediately after the arrival of Putin on the local airport a column of official vehicles headed towards the highway to Vršič, where the commemoration for the victims of the First World War is held.

The commemoration is held at the so-called “Russian chapel” which is wooden church, which was erected in memory of Russian prisoners of war that died in WWI and the church was dedicated to St. Vladimir. More than 2,500 people with invitations will be at the meeting, including Slovenian politicians and businessmen who are oriented to work in the Russian Federation.

Also it’s a bad time to travel through Slovenia today because of strong security measures due Vladimir Putin’s arrival, most of Slovenia is being blocked for traffic that made a collapse among tourists going towards Adriatic for vacation.

Извор: “Slavorum“