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Dmitry Medvedev made changes to the law “On Immortalizing the Soviet People's Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.”

February 9, 2009

The federal law signed by the President makes changes regarding the location of the Victory Day military parades, the weapons and military equipment used, as well as the occurrence of artillery salutes.

According to the law these events will be carried out using copies of the official symbol of Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War – Victory banners in Moscow, Russia's capital, in the cities-heroes, in the cities where the headquarters of military commands, fleets, general armies and the Caspian flotilla are deployed.

February 9, 2009