“On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45, the Russian Embassy celebrated Victory Day by organizing a program dedicated to it.
Before this program, from the Russian House to the Russian Embassy, a joyful demonstration was held with the Victory and Immortal Regiment banners waving. During the demonstration, with the slogan “Everything for the Front, Everything for Victory,” this display reminded of the history in which the Soviet people devoted all their strength to defend the Motherland.
The newly appointed Ambassador of Russia to Nepal, H.E. Aleksei Surovtsev, was the center of attention. The reason was that in the evening program organized at the Russian House, he recalled the war in which his forefathers fought risking their lives. He remembered that even his and his wife’s fathers had been shot. He cried, shed tears. He proudly called it a “holiday with tears in the eyes.” Bowing to the history in which 600,000 Russian soldiers lost their lives, he paid tribute with silence in their memory. He expressed that this Russian war and victory has great importance for world peace. He said that the sacrifice and unity of all the peoples of the Soviet Union made this victory against Nazism possible.
He also revealed that discord with Ukraine had begun since 2014 and that war has been ongoing since 2022. He clarified that this war is not with Ukraine itself, but with the revival of Nazi ideology in Ukraine’s leadership and with those standing behind it who seek unrest.
In the same program, Ambassador Aleksei Surovtsev announced that he had received information about the celebration of Victory Day on Everest by Alexander Abramov’s “7 Summits Club” team. The team had been provided with a banner inscribed “70 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Russia and Nepal.
 

Press release issued by the Russian Embassy—
The Embassy of Russia in Nepal and the Russian House in Kathmandu held a series of events dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
In the morning, the Victory Auto Rally kicked off: a column of festively decorated vehicles under the waving banners of Victory and the Immortal Regiment, piloted by the police, solemnly drove through the central streets of the Nepalese capital along the route from the Russian House to the Russian Embassy. The participants of the event carried portraits of their relatives who took part in the Great Patriotic War.
From these portraits, an “Immortal Regiment” installation was created at the Russian House, complementing the thematic exhibition “Everything for the Front, Everything for Victory”, which tells the story of the unity of the Soviet people, who directed all their forces and resources toward the defense of the Motherland.
The exhibition was opened by the Russian Ambassador to Nepal H.E. Mr. Aleksei Surovtsev, the Director of the Russian House Ms. Anastasia Khokhlova and President of Mitra Kunj (Association of Graduates of Soviet and Russian Universities) Ms. Sushma Khatri, who addressed the guests: activists of the Mitra Kunj and representatives of other Nepalese public organizations.
Aleksei Surovtsev emphasized that Victory Day is a “holiday with tears in the eyes,” recalling the significance of the Victory for the entire world and the enormous price that had to be paid for it. The diplomat noted that the selflessness and unity of all the peoples of the USSR, who fought for one Motherland, became the key factor for the Victory that saved the planet from Nazism. The Russian Ambassador stated the unacceptability of the revival of Nazi ideology in the modern world, including in Ukraine, where the memory of the common feat of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers is now being destroyed. He called on the younger generation to preserve historical truth.

Attendees observed a minute of silence in memory of those who fell in the Great Patriotic War.
The guests were invited to a celebratory concert, jointly prepared by the Russian Embassy, the Russian House and Nepalese graduates of Soviet and Russian universities. The Russian-Nepalese chorus performed publicly for the first time. The audience received it very warmly.
At the conclusion of the day, Aleksei Surovtsev announced that he had received information about the celebration of Victory Day on Everest by the team of the 7 Summits Club of Alexander Abramov. The Russian Embassy in Nepal and the Russian House in Kathmandu had provided the team with the Victory Banner and a banner “70 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Russia and Nepal”.