A military band playing during the Immortal Regiment march in Vladivostok, Russia on May 9, 2016. (Photo by Yuri Smityuk/TASS/Getty Images)





People carrying portraits of deceased relatives who took part in World War Two, march in a parade during Victory Day commemorations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





An elderly man walks past guards of honor at the World War Two memorial during Victory Day commemorations at rainy day in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





A man with his child hold a portrait of their deceased relative who took part in World War Two during a march at Victory Day commemorations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





A woman holds portraits of deceased relatives who took part in World War Two during a march at Victory Day commemorations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





The black and orange ribbon of St. George is attached to a pictures as people carrying portraits of deceased relatives who took part in World War Two march in a parade during Victory Day commemorations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





A man with his child hold a portrait of their deceased relative who took part in World War Two during a march at Victory Day commemorations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





A girl wearing dress styled as Soviet army's uniform stands between cadets during a march at Victory Day commemorations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march before the start of the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





World War Two veterans wait before watching the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev (C) arrives prior to the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin (3rd R), Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (3rd L) and World War Two veterans attend the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (C) and World War Two veterans attend the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian servicewomen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian servicewomen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





A World War Two veteran Nikoloz Nozadze, 91, holds a portrait of Joseph Stalin as he attends Victory Day commemorations in Tbilisi, Georgia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)





A T-34 Soviet-made tank drives during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian servicemen drive a T-90A main battle tank during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





A Russian T-14 tank with the Armata Universal Combat Platform drives during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





World War Two veterans attend Victory Day commemorations in Tbilisi, Georgia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)





Russian servicemen drive a Kurganets-25 armoured personnel carrier during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian servicemen stand atop military vehicles during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian servicemen stand atop military vehicles during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian servicemen stand atop T-14 tanks with the Armata Universal Combat Platform during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian S-400 Triumph medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile systems drive during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian servicewomen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





A Russian Yars RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile system drives during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian military jets fly in formation during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





MiG-29 jet fighters of the Strizhi (Swifts) and Su-27 jet fighters of the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic teams fly in formation during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, above Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





A Russian Mi-26 heavy transport helicopter and Mi-8 military helicopters fly in formation during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, above St. Basil's Cathedral at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





A Russian Buk-M2 missile system drives during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian Buk-M2 missile systems drive during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





A T-34 Soviet-made tank drives during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian S-400 Triumph medium-range and long-range surface-to-air missile systems drive during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian Su-25 jet fighters release smoke in the colours of the Russian flag during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, above Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russial IL-76MD military transport aircrafts fly in formation during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, above the monument to Minin and Pozharsky at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers fly in formation during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, above the two-headed eagle statue at the top of the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (2nd L) and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (2nd R) attend a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin walls in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin watches honor guards passing by during a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin walls in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev attend a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin walls in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin watches honor guards passing by during a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin walls in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





People carry pictures of World War Two participants as they take part in the Immortal Regiment march during the Victory Day celebrations, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in the town of Divnogorsk near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





World War Two veterans take part in the Victory Day celebrations, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in the town of Divnogorsk near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





People carry pictures of World War Two participants as they take part in the Immortal Regiment march during the Victory Day celebrations, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in the town of Divnogorsk near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian servicemen take part in the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin (4th L), Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (2nd R), Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (3rd L) and World War Two veterans attend the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





A World War Two veteran takes part in the Victory Day celebrations, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in front of the Bolshoi Theatre in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu watches honor guards passing by during a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin walls in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Veterans take part in the Victory Day celebrations, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in front of the Bolshoi Theatre in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian servicewomen march during the Victory Day parade, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Grigory Dukor/Reuters)





People sing during the Victory Day celebrations, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin walls in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)