Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Head of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino (center) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Russian Deputy Prime Minister - Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev (right) during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Veronika Skvortsova, Minister of Health of Russia (left) and Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia (right) during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Left to right: Human Rights Commissioner in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova; Russian President Vladimir Putin, Communist Party leader, member of the State Duma Committee for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Gennady Zyuganov and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. The military brass band during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Grigory Rapota before the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matvienko during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matvienko during the ceremony. Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard of Russia - Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of Russia Viktor Zolotov (left) and Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika (right) before the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard of Russia - Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of Russia Viktor Zolotov (left) and Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika (right) before the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard of Russia - Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of Russia Viktor Zolotov (left) and Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika (center) before the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Left to right: Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia Valery Zorkin, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matvienko; Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev, and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev before the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev (left) and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (right) before the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (center) and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Land Forces Oleg Salyukov (right) before the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Minister of Digital Development and Communications of Russia Konstantin Noskov (left), leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky (center) and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Maxim Akimov (right) during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Left to right: leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky, deputy prime ministers of Russia Maxim Akimov, Olga Golodets, Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov, Moscow Region Governor Andrei Vorobyov, leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Kozak and the Human Rights Commissioner in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Assistant to the President of Russia - Head of the State Legal Department of the President Larisa Brycheva during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Anton Vaino (right) and Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin (left) during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Communist Party leader, member of the State Duma Committee for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots Gennady Zyuganov and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Left to right: Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia Valery Zorkin and Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matvienko during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Left to right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Moscow military commandant Evgeny Seleznev during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matvienko during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Head of Presidential Administration Anton Vaino during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev (left) and Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Russia Valery Zorkin (right) during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden. The military brass band during the ceremony.