Victory day parade in Moscow

Russian servicemen and cadets march with portraits of relatives who took part in World War II during a parade to mark Victory day in Vladivostok.

Russia celebrates the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on May 9.

All pictures taken on May 9, 2014.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev after arriving to watch the Victory parade in Moscow's Red Square,

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (front L) salutes during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

A Russian serviceman aboard an armored personnel carrier salutes next to the blue-white-red tricolor flag of Crimea, during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Since a pro-Russian president was ousted in Ukraine in an uprising in February, Russian President Vladimir Putin has overturned decades of post-Cold War diplomacy by proclaiming the right to send troops to Ukraine and seizing and annexing Crimea.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian servicemen onboard self-propelled artillery vehicles salute during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a speech before the Victory parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian military aircraft trail smoke in the colors of the Russian tricolor above the Monument to Minin and Pozharsky during the Victory Day Parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (C) reviews the troops during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

A sniper looks through his sight on the Kremlin wall during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian military planes fly above Saint Basil's Cathedral during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian World War II veteran Alexey Samokhin (C), 89, carries a red flag as he leads a procession during the Victory Day celebration in Divnogorsk, near Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front L) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (C) watch the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Vladivostok, Russia

Russian military planes fly above the Kremlin, with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower seen in the foreground, during the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square.