On the Defender of the Fatherland Day, Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall 2014-02-23 10:45:00 Alexander Garden, Moscow The wreath-laying ceremony was attended by Great Patriotic War veterans, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, and other state officials and public figures.