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Vladimir Putin laid wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier

February 23, 2018, Moscow

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, the President paid tribute to those who fell defending their Motherland, and laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall.

Representatives of veteran organisations, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and other officials also laid flowers at the Eternal Flame.

The ceremony concluded with a ceremonial march of the Guards of Honour and a military band.

February 23, 2018, Moscow