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Victory Day celebrations

Victory parade: Russian soldiers march along Red Square during the Victory Day parade
Russian soldiers march in Red Square during the Victory Day parade in Moscow
Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA
Victory day celebrations: elsh Guards march during a Victory Day Parade
British soldiers of the 2nd Company Battalion Welsh Guards march during the parade
Photograph: Misha Japaridze/AP
Victory parade: Russian T-90A tanks drive through Red Square during the Victory Day parade
Russian T-90A tanks drive through Red Square
Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images
Victory parade: A Russian A-50 plane and Su-27 fighter jets fly over a statue
A Russian A-50 plane and Su-27 fighter jets fly over a statue of Russian historical figures Minin and Pozharsky near St Basil's Cathedral
Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images
Victory parade: Soldiers of the 2nd Company Battalion Welsh Guards march in Red Square
British soldiers take part in the celebrations
Photograph: Misha Japaridze/AP
Victory parade: Second World War veterans lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Second world war veterans lay flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan
Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images
Victory parade: Russian soldiers march through Red Square during the Victory Day parade
Russian soldiers march through Red Square
Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images
Victory day celebrations: British soldiers march through Red Square during the Victory Day parade
British soldiers march
Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
Victory parade: Russian Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter jets shoot flares
Russian Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter jets shoot flares while flying over St Basil's cathedral
Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images
Victory day celebrations: A Russian veteran dances at Victory Day festivities at Gorky Park in Moscow
A Russian veteran dances during thefestivities at Gorky Park, in Moscow
Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA
Victory day celebrations: Dmitry Medvedev meets with Angela Merkel during a Victory Day parade
The Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, meets the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and other heads of state in Moscow
Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
Victory parade: A Russian Il-80 plane and MiG-29 fighter jets fly over Red Square
A Russian Il-80 plane and MiG-29 fighter jets fly over Red Square
Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images
Victory parade: World War Two veterans salute as they watch the parade in Red Square
Veterans salute as they watch the military parade in Red Square Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/guardian.co.uk
Victory day celebrations: A Russian army paratrooper, left, congratulates Second World War veterans
A Russian army paratrooper, left, congratulates Second world war veterans
Photograph: Pavel Golovkin/AP
Victory parade: A Bulgarian veteran from the Second World War stands
A veteran stands in front of the Red army monument during Victory Day celebrations in Sofia, Bulgaria
Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA
Victory day celebrations: Belarussian servicemen march during a military parade in Minsk
Belarussian servicemen march during a military parade in Minsk
Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
Victory parade: Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile mobile launcher
Police stand guard as a Russian Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile launcher drives to Red Square
Photograph: Alexander Blotnitsky/AFP/Getty Images
Victory parade: Russian soldiers, right, and Ukrainian soldiers, left, march
Russian soldiers, with blue berets, and Ukrainian soldiers, with red berets, march during a Victory Day parade in Kiev, Ukraine
Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP
Victory parade: Presidents watch the Victory Day parade on Red Square in Moscow
(L to r): Presidents Emomali Rakhmon of Tajikistan, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, Hu Jintao of China, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov of Turkmenistan watch the Victory Day parade in Red Square
Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
Victory parade: A Russian soldier salutes while riding an armoured vehicle
A Russian soldier salutes while riding an armoured vehicle through Red Square
Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images
Victory parade: A group of Russian fighters fly in formation over St Basil's Cathedral
A group of Russian fighters fly in formation over St Basil's cathedral
Photograph: Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters
Victory parade: Second World War veterans take part in an annual parade in Jerusalem
Veterans take part in an annual parade in Jerusalem marking Victory Day
Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Victory parade: A boy inspects the medals of a Russian Second World War veteran
A boy inspects the medals of Russian veteran Valerian Yakovlev, 96, at Red Square after the Victory Day parade
Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/AP
Victory parade: Polish soldiers march through Red Square during the Victory Day parade
Polish soldiers march through Red Square
Photograph: Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images
Victory parade: Wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall
Visiting heads of state follow Russian honour guards, during a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of unknown soldier, at the Kremlin wall
Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
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