There were also reports of other mass graves throughout the country.

Each of the mass graves reportedly contains the corpses of between 3 and 200 persons killed during the violence that took place between 1993 and 1997.

The independent expert was informed of the existence of 12 mass grave sites in the Province of Bururi 11 in the commune of Rumonge and 1 in the commune of Vyanda.

By holding these celebrations in Red Square, and thus highlighting the Soviet victory, today s Russia is also celebrating its gains in that war. One of those gains was my country, Lithuania, whose incorporation into Stalin s empire was accompanied by countless tragedies.