Expectation in Russia for Presence of Cuban Heroes

Moscow - The presence here today of the five anti-terrorist Cubans in the 71st anniversary of the victory over fascism is a triumph in the struggle for a better world, highlighted the Grenada Cultural Association.
The spokesperson of Grenada, Tatyana Viadkina, offered statements to Prensa Latina on ocassion of the arrival on Sunday to Moscow of the Heroes of the Republic of Cuba known over the world as The Five.
Gerardo Hernández, René González, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino and Fernando González, served sentences of over 15 years in the United States for trying to prevent violent actions against his country, organized in territory of the northern power.
Pur artistic group and its youth club Knowing the World join the delight of the different solidarity associations grouped in the Committee pro-Liberation of the Five of all Russia, which for many years fought with diverse initiatives for justice to take its path, said the activist to this news agency.
The Five, who arrived the eve, are present today at the military parade for the victory over fascism in the Moscow Red Square, invited by the Russian state duma (lower chamber of parliament).
Russian Foreign Minister, Serguei Lavrov, will hold a meeting with them on May 10 at the Ministry´s headquarters, informed the spokesperson of that entity, Maria Zajarova.
She recalled in a press round that Russia always advocated for the liberation of the Cubans and denounced the bias prevailing in the cause against them in the United States, where other charges accused them of espionage.
Zajarova indicated that this is another clear example of good relations with Cuba, links she defined as "authentic alliance, apart from circumstancial factors".
During their stay in Moscow, the Five heroes will also hold meetings with the Council of the Federation (Senate), the movement of solidarity with Cuba and the officials of the state mission of the island here.
In Russia, as expression of respect and veneration to the 27 million soviet citizens fallen in the Great Homeland War (1941-1945), the antiterrorists will visit the monument to the Unknown Soldier, the Garden of Alexander, by the walls of the Kremlin, where they will lay a wreath.
René González and Fernando González were freed by Washington after serving their respective sentences, and the rest arrived in Cuba in December, 2014, after the announcement of establishment of diplomatic relations between Havana and Washington.
In February, 2015, president Raul Castro imposed the medal of Heroes of the Republic of Cuba on the Five.
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