Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the Day of Memory and Sorrow.
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| President Vladimir Putin. Wreath-laying ceremony at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. |
Taking part in the ceremony to pay tribute to the memory of those who fell defending their homeland against the Nazi invaders were:
- Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev,
- Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko,
- Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin,
- Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino,
- Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu,
- President of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev,
- Government members, State Duma deputies, members of the Federal Assembly, and representatives of veterans’ organizations.
The ceremony ended with a march-past by troops of the Moscow garrison representing the three branches of the armed forces: the Army, the Aerospace Forces, and the Navy.
The President also laid flowers at the obelisks to the hero cities in Alexandrovsky Garden.
Link: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54849
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| The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. |
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| Wreath-laying ceremony at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. |
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| Wreath-laying ceremony at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. |
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| Wreath-laying ceremony at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. |
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| Wreath-laying ceremony at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. |
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| Wreath-laying ceremony at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. |
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| Wreath-laying ceremony at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. |
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| Wreath-laying ceremony at Tomb of Unknown Soldier. |
