NOVO-OGARYOVO, June 26. /TASS/. Russia will always remember those French nationals who side by side with soldiers of the Red Army were fighting against Nazis on the eastern flank, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a video call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday.

"We in Russia will never forget those French people who were fighting alongside our soldiers, together with Soviet soldiers, on the eastern flank," Putin said adding that he was talking about the Normandie-Nieman Regiment and other units, and recalled that thousands of Soviet people fought in the ranks of the French Resistance during World War Two.

"Therefore, the victory over Nazism is unconditionally our shared legacy," the Russian leader stressed.

"As you know, on June 24 we held a parade to mark the Victory in the Great Patriotic War [the Second World War in Russia - TASS], as we call this huge tragedy. It was the parade honoring World War Two victors. It is our shared Victory," Putin stressed.