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
People walk along Pushkinskaya Embankment in Gorky Park on a hot summer day in Moscow, Russia.08.06.2026#9185548
A girl sunbathes on a sunbed on Pushkinskaya Embankment in Gorky Park on a hot summer day in Moscow, Russia.08.06.2026#9185454
People walk along Pushkinskaya Embankment in Gorky Park on a hot summer day in Moscow, Russia.08.06.2026#9185448
People walk along Pushkinskaya Embankment in Gorky Park on a hot summer day in Moscow, Russia.08.06.2026#9185446
People enjoy their time on Pushkinskaya Embankment in Gorky Park on a hot summer day in Moscow, Russia.08.06.2026#9185445
People enjoy their time on Pushkinskaya Embankment in Gorky Park on a hot summer day in Moscow, Russia.08.06.2026#9185444
People walk along Pushkinskaya Embankment in Gorky Park on a hot summer day in Moscow, Russia.08.06.2026#9185443
A woman walks with a child along Pushkinskaya Embankment in Gorky Park on a hot summer day in Moscow, Russia.08.06.2026#9185381
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and leader of the United Russia political party Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a plenary session of the "There Is a Result!" report-and-programme forum of the United Russia party in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186257
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and leader of the United Russia political party Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a plenary session of the "There Is a Result!" report-and-programme forum of the United Russia party in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186256
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and leader of the United Russia political party Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a plenary session of the "There Is a Result!" report-and-programme forum of the United Russia party in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186258
Russian State Duma Deputy Speaker Petr Tolstoy attends a plenary session of the "There Is a Result!" report-and-programme forum of the United Russia party in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186254
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and leader of the United Russia political party Dmitry Medvedev and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, left, attend a plenary session of the "There Is a Result!" report-and-programme forum of the United Russia party in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186259
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and leader of the United Russia political party Dmitry Medvedev and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, left, attend a plenary session of the "There Is a Result!" report-and-programme forum of the United Russia party in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186253
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186185
Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186183
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186181
Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov waits before a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186173
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov, left, at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186176
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186171
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov, left, at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186155
Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.09.06.2026#9186168
