Representatives of veteran organisations, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and other officials will attend the ceremony.
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On February 23, the President will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
On February 23, Vladimir Putin will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall to mark Defender of the Fatherland Day.
Announcement, February 23, 2018