Victory Day parade in Moscow – in pictures

Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev stand among spectators in Red Square Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images A Russian navy colonel examines a veteran sailor's medals in Gorky park Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA Putin speaks in Red Square before the parade Photograph: Vladimir Rodionov/AFP/Getty Images Soldiers march in Red Square Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images Servicemen salute from atop military vehicles Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA Marching soldiers Photograph: Sergei Chirikov/EPA War veterans and a boy dressed in vintage military uniform Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA Russian navy servicemen in Red Square Photograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images Servicemen stand in line Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters Marching soldiers Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Vladimir Putin and the defence minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, inspect army officers Photograph: AFP/Getty Images War veteran Fyodor Bortsov, 86, is offered a bunch of flowers by a child in Gorky park Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/Reuters A war veteran walks in Red Square Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA A veteran dances with actors in Gorky park Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images