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
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attend a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.12.05.2026#9163104
Chinese honour guards prepare for a welcome ceremony for Tajik President Emomali Rahmon outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.12.05.2026#9163099
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attend a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.12.05.2026#9163107
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attend a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.12.05.2026#9163100
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.12.05.2026#9163118
Chinese honour guards march during a welcome ceremony for Tajik President Emomali Rahmon outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.12.05.2026#9163115
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attends a signing ceremony following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.12.05.2026#9163156
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164961
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164960
Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade Vladimir Gutenev attend the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164963
Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164969
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164967
Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade Vladimir Gutenev attend the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164973
Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade Vladimir Gutenev attend the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164976
Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164983
Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade Vladimir Gutenev attend the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164987
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks on stage during the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164984
Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade Vladimir Gutenev attend the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164882
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164868
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164880
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the 10th Congress of the Russian Engineering Union at the Russia National Centre in Moscow, Russia.14.05.2026#9164873
