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Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, Vladimir Putin paid tribute to fallen soldiers by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall.

February 23, 2016
12:30
Moscow
Before the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
On Defender of the Fatherland Day, Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. With Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
On Defender of the Fatherland Day, Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. From left to right: Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, Constitutional Court President Valery Zorkin.
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Taking part in the ceremony were 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War veterans, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko Valentina Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Constitutional Court President Valery, and other state officials and politicians.

The ceremony included a moment of silence to honour the memory of the fallen defenders of the Fatherland and a march of the Presidential Regiment.

See also

Gala reception to mark Defender of the Fatherland Day
February 20, 2016

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Publication date: February 23, 2016, 12:30

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