‘Immortal Regiment’ marches on: World celebrates Victory Day (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Thousands of people around Russia and abroad have joined Victory Day
parades and celebrations to mark 70 years since victory over Nazi
Germany in WWII. Many of them gathered to march with the so-called
“Immortal Regiment” to honor the veterans of the war.The marches will be taking place all across Russia – from Vladivostok in the Far East to Kaliningrad, the country’s westernmost territory. In Moscow, over 165,000 people will take part in a march on Red Square.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has joined the march in Moscow. He was carrying a portrait of his father, who fought the Nazis during WWII.
“The Immortal Regiment brings together people whose grandparents fought from 1941 to 1945. Thus, we are honoring the memory of heroes who earned this hard-won victory,” the event’s organizer Nikolai Zemtsov said.