Thousands of Russian troops marched on May 9 in Red Square to mark 69 years since victory in World War II.
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![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.