Victory Day parade in Moscow 2016. Best Pictures

Victory Day on Red Square may 9 2016, marking the 71st anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Victory Day is Russia’s most important secular holiday and a key element of the national identity, reflecting the nation’s enormous suffering and honouring millions of victims of World War II. Addressing the armed forces, President Vladimir Putin praised the wartime feat of millions of Soviet citizens, who demonstrated the true strength of our nation, its unity, triumphant spirit and patriotic devot