Armenia made a very great contribution to the fight against fascism and Nazism, Russian ambassador Sergei Kopyrkin noted on Tuesday.

According to him, the victories won by the Soviet armed forces, primarily in the Great Patriotic War, are forever inscribed in the history of our peoples.

He recalled that this year we will celebrate another anniversary associated with the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.

"February 23 is a landmark for all post-Soviet countries. The Soviet republics have made a very large contribution to strengthening the fighting brotherhood," he said. "The republics, not least Armenia, have made a very great contribution to the fact that we live with you, that the world has not slipped into the abyss of fascism and Nazism."