Russia's Victory Day military parade - in pictures

Russia marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war

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Russian BMD-4M Sadovnitsa infantry fighting vehicles drive during the Victory Day parade at Red Square.

Photograph: Ria Novosti/Ria Novosti/Reuters

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Russian servicemen at the Victory Day military parade.

Photograph: Grigory Dukor/Reuters

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Russia marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war.

Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters

4. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters and Sukhoi Su-25SM Frogfoot ground-attack planes form a number 70 as they fly over Red Square.

Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters

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A general view of the Victory Day parade.

Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters

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Night Wolves motorcycle club leader, Alexander Zaldostanov AKA ‘Surgeon’, speaks with a veteran during the parade.

Photograph: Sergei Savostyanov/ITAR-TASS/Corbi

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A girl gives a flower to a blind second world war veteran.

Photograph: Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters

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People carry portraits of their deceased relatives.

Photograph: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters

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A second world war veteran accompanied by a woman dressed in a Red Army soldier-style uniform arrives at Red Square.

Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA

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Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, reviews troops during the Victory Day parade.

Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters

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Russian RS-24 Yars/SS-27 Mod 2 solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missiles are paraded.

Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters

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Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, greets veterans next to the defence minister, Sergei Shoigu.

Photograph: Grigory Dukor/Reuters

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A Tu-160 heavy strategic bomber flies overhead.

Photograph: Grigory Dukor/Reuters

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A woman with a child holds a picture of a second world war soldier as she takes part in the Immortal Regiment march in Divnogorsk, Russia.

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Russian Mil Mi-26 Halo helicopters fly over Red Square.

Photograph: Ria Novosti/Reuters

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Putin addresses the Victory Parade in Red Square.

Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP

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Military personnel showcase new military hardware.

Photograph: Alexander Aksakov/Getty Images

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 1278