Fireworks illuminate the sky over The Motherland Calls monument during the Victory Day celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Volgograd, Russia.09.05.2026#9161903
Russian servicemen take part in a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square, in Moscow, Russia.09.05.2026#9161297
Russia's Su-25 jet aircraft release smoke in the colours of the Russian state flag during a rehearsal for a military parade marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia.06.05.2026#9158392
Russian servicemen take part in a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square, in Moscow, Russia.09.05.2026#9161054
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets World War II veterans Semen Lyulko and Nina Danilkovich before a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square, in Moscow, Russia.09.05.2026#9161684
World War II veteran Ivan Olenin, 101, receives congratulations ahead of Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Lugansk, Lugansk People's Republic, Russia. Ivan Fyodorovich was conscripted into the Red Army in October 1943. He served as a squad commander in the 112th Separate Reconnaissance Artillery Battalion. Olenin took part in the liberation of Poland and the assault on Berlin. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, and the Order of the Red Star, as well as the medals For Combat Merit, For the Liberation of Warsaw, For the Capture of Berlin, and For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.07.05.2026#9159142
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov takes part in a military parade on Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Red Square, in Moscow, Russia.09.05.2026#9160774
Russian President Vladimir Putin and foreign officials attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall on the Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia.09.05.2026#9160986
Children attend the Immortal Regiment march as part of celebrations of the Victory Day, marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.09.05.2026#9160331
Russian servicemen of a 2S7 Pion self-propelled howitzer crew of the 273rd Artillery Brigade of the Zapad (West) Group of Forces take part in the Immortal Regiment event as part of the upcoming Victory Day celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at a position in the Kharkiv sector of the front line amid Russia's military operation in Ukraine.02.05.2026#9157481
A man rides a bicycle along a street covered with poplar fluff on a summer day, in Moscow, Russia.05.06.2026#9182307
A teenage girl rides an electric scooter along a street covered with poplar fluff on a summer day, in Moscow, Russia.05.06.2026#9182300
A man rides an electric scooter along a street covered with poplar fluff on a summer day, in Moscow, Russia.05.06.2026#9182298
A woman walks her dog in a yard covered with poplar fluff on a summer day, in Moscow, Russia.05.06.2026#9182292
A view shows a blooming poplar tree covered with fluff on a summer day, in Moscow, Russia.05.06.2026#9182284
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Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183293
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183296
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183300
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183304
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183284
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attend a meeting on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183292
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183321
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183286
Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, left, waits before a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183331
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin waits before a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183335
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan shake hands following a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183302
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan shake hands following a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183306
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other following a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183310
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other following a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.05.06.2026#9183316
