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A day before the 58th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War, President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

May 8, 2003
10:10
Alexandrovsky Garden, Moscow
President Putin laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
An official wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
President Putin with Second World War veterans in Alexandrovsky Garden.

The wreath consisted of fir branches decorated with white and red flowers and entwined with a white-blue-red ribbon bearing the inscription: “To the Unknown Soldier from the President of Russia.”

Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, Chief of the Presidential Executive Office Alexander Voloshin, heads of the country’s key security ministries, members of the public, war veterans and military leaders all attended the wreath-laying ceremony.

The eternal flame ceremony ended with the march-past of an honour guard company.

After the wreath ceremony, President Putin laid flowers at the memorials in honour of hero cities at the foot of the Kremlin wall.

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Publication date: May 8, 2003, 10:10

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/28599

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