Slavonic Unity Festival to take place on border of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine

The traditional Slavonic Unity festival is scheduled to take place near the Friendship Monument at the border of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine on June 28. This year the festival will be organised by the Bryansk region (Russia), BelTA learned in the Permanent Committee of the Belarus-Russia Union State. The Slavonic Unity festival was founded 30 years ago. Every year the festival is attended by thousands of people from frontier regions of the three countries and by political and public figures. In 2002, the guest of honour was Patriarch of Moscow and of All-Russia Alexi II and in 2004 - the presidents of Belarus and Russia. The programme of the festival includes a trade fair of companies from the Gomel oblast (Belarus), the Bryansk region (Russia) and the Chernigov region (Ukraine), numerous concerts, the youth action “We are together!”, and the air show of the aerobatic team of the Russian air force “The Russian Knights”.