The central commemoration at the Russian Chapel, which was attended alsoby the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev along with two another ministers of the Russian government and more than 100 member delegation during this year's 99th anniversary of the construction of the Chapel took place at Vršič yesterday.

The commemorated event which every year brings together numerous high representatives of the Slovenian and Russian politics, diplomacy, economy, culture and veteran organizations - in commemoration of the Russian prisoners who died tragically following an avalanche when building the Vršič Pass during the first world war in 1916 - was attended by more than a thousand visitors. The attendees were, besides Prime Minister Medvedev and in the presence of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Chairman of the National Assembly of the RS, the President of the National Council of the RS and numerous ministers in the Slovenian government, also addressed by the honorary sponsor of the event, the Prime Minister of the RS, Mr. Miro Cerar, and the former President of the RS, Mr. Milan Kučan, as the honorary member of the Slovenia - Russia Association.

At the invitation of the organizers, Russian Federation Embassy, Kranjska Gora municipality, »Russkiy mir« foundation, and Slovenia-Russia Association, the commemoration was attended by the VZMD President, Mr. Kristjan Verbič, who dedicated the social event traditionally following the commemoration at the Russian Chapel also to establishment and reinforcement of the bonds of friendship, culture and business, as well as endeavors regarding the international business-investor programs ofVZMD: Invest to Slovenia (investo.si) and International Investors` Network (investo.international), under which the forth year of collaboration is marked also with the sister Russian Investors Association, through active participation at as many as four visits of the members of the Government of the RS and economic delegations to Moscow and Yaroslavl.