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On 21 July 2010, Georgia declared 25 February Soviet Occupation Day to recall the [[Red Army invasion of Georgia]] in 1921.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stratfor.com/sitrep/20100721_georgia_feb_25_declared_soviet_occupation_day|title=Free Situation Report for Non-Subscriber|work=Stratfor|access-date=25 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307204303/http://www.stratfor.com/sitrep/20100721_georgia_feb_25_declared_soviet_occupation_day|archive-date=7 March 2012}}</ref> The Georgian parliament voted in favor of the government's initiative. The decision, endorsed unanimously by the [[Parliament of Georgia]] instructs the government to organize various memorial events on every 25 February and to fly national flags half-staff to commemorate, as the decision puts it, hundreds of thousands of victims of political repressions of the Communist occupational regime.<ref name="civilgeorgia"/>
Georgia's establishment of ''Soviet Occupation Day'' followed the example of Moldova.<ref name="kyivpost.com"/> [[Moldova]]'s [[President of Moldova|president]] [[Mihai Ghimpu]] instituted in 2010, [[Soviet Occupation Day, Moldova|Soviet Occupation Day]]<ref>[[Vladimir Socor]], [http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bswords%5D=8fd5893941d69d0be3f378576261ae3e&tx_ttnews%5Bany_of_the_words%5D=Moldova&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=36552&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=6980e2df12 Moldovan Government Chickens out of Historical Assessment of Communism] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829024510/http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bswords%5D=8fd5893941d69d0be3f378576261ae3e&tx_ttnews%5Bany_of_the_words%5D=Moldova&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=36552&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=6980e2df12 |date=29 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publika.md/in-fiecare-an--pe-28-iunie--moldova-va-comemora-ziua-ocupatiei-sovietice-si-victimele-regimului-totalitar-comunist_45321.html|title=În fiecare an, pe 28 iunie, Moldova va comemora Ziua ocupaţiei sovietice şi victimele regimului totalitar comunist|date=25 February 2015|work=PUBLIKA.MD|access-date=25 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225143901/http://www.publika.md/in-fiecare-an--pe-28-iunie--moldova-va-comemora-ziua-ocupatiei-sovietice-si-victimele-regimului-totalitar-comunist_45321.html|archive-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> to remember the [[Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina|Soviet occupation]] on 28 June 1940,<ref>[[Vladimir Socor]], [http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bswords%5D=8fd5893941d69d0be3f378576261ae3e&tx_ttnews%5Bany_of_the_words%5D=moldova&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=36542&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=eaa31b2523 Russia Defends Soviet Occupation of Moldova] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829024552/http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bswords%5D=8fd5893941d69d0be3f378576261ae3e&tx_ttnews%5Bany_of_the_words%5D=moldova&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=36542&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=eaa31b2523 |date=29 August 2012 }}</ref> but the [[Constitutional Court of Moldova|Constitutional Court]] cancelled his decree on 12 July 2010.<ref>{{cite
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