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Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Following the military parade on Red Square, Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexandrovsky Garden.

May 9, 2016
11:20
Moscow
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Also taking part in the ceremony were President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev Nazarbayev Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan , 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War veterans, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko Valentina Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , Speaker of the State Duma 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 SergeiDefence Minister , and President of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin Zorkin Valery Zorkin ValeryConstitutional Court President .

The participants honoured the memory of the fallen in the Great Patriotic War with a minute of silence. Mr Putin and Mr Nazarbayev also laid flowers at the hero-city obelisks.

See also

Military parade on Red Square
May 9, 2016
Reception to mark Victory Day
May 9, 2016

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  • Great Patriotic War

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Publication date: May 9, 2016, 11:20

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/51889

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