Victory day parade in Moscow

Veterans take part in the celebrations which saw 20,000 soldiers march across Moscow's Red Square Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters

A tank rolls into Red Square: The parade was also an opportunity to show the might of the Russian army Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

Some of the 20,000 Russian military personnel waiting to enter Red Square Photograph: Alexander Natruskin/Reuters

Veterans dance outside the Bolshoi Theatre Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images

Russian soldiers march through Red Square Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

Soldiers march through Red Square Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images

President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin watch the parade Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

Marines march in formation Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

Communists carry a portrait of Stalin as they take part in a victory march Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

World war II veterans are seen on a giant screen watching as marines march along Red Square Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

A world war II veteran dances with a woman wearing a Soviet-era military uniform in a park Photograph: Alexey Sazonov/AFP/Getty Images

Guns are fired on the embankment of the Moskva river in front of the Kremlin Photograph: Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters

Anna Chapman who was deported from the US on charges of espionage walks through Red Square after the Victory Day Parade Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

World war II veterans rest near the Bolshoi Theatre after the march Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images