Thousands of Russian troops marched on May 9 in Red Square to mark 69 years since victory in World War II.
Russia Victory Day
![Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (C) reviews the troops during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.](https://gdb.voanews.com/73B348AD-ABBB-444F-9FC9-1DD595F4A4B5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (C) reviews the troops during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.
![Russian World War II veteran Alexey Samokhin (C), 89, carries a red flag as he leads a procession during the Victory Day celebration in Divnogorsk, near Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A9972C9E-4085-42F9-8CEA-6CA8D3D0BAFE_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian World War II veteran Alexey Samokhin (C), 89, carries a red flag as he leads a procession during the Victory Day celebration in Divnogorsk, near Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
![Russian soldiers march during the Victory Day Parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany in Moscow.](https://gdb.voanews.com/BEA795D6-DEC0-4597-BCEC-817524D007DA_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian soldiers march during the Victory Day Parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany in Moscow.
![Russian military planes fly above the Kremlin, with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower seen in the foreground, during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6DF2252E-DA59-4AC9-AED8-FF1CBD86DE76_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russian military planes fly above the Kremlin, with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower seen in the foreground, during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.