President Purvanov will have meetings with Governor Valentina Matviyenko and presidential representative in the Northwestern Federal District Ilya Klebanov. His cultural programme includes a visit to the Hermitage, the Cathedral of Saviour on the Spilled Blood, and the St Catherine Palace in Pushkino.

The Bulgarian president will also lay a wreath to the monument of heroic defenders of the city during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Victory Square.

The trip to St Petersburg will crown the official visit of President Purvanov to Russia. He will fly home to Sofia on Thursday evening.

News source: newsfromrussia.com
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