Hundreds of thousands of people assembled for an annual procession through Moscow while holding portraits of their family members who fought against Nazi Germany and its allies in World War II as Russia celebrates Victory Day on Monday.
The ‘Immortal Regiment’ is a massive civil march held on Victory Day in which people carry portraits of those from their family who participated in the war.
More than one million people took part in the event in Moscow on Monday, the Russian Interior Ministry said.
The procession set off from one of Moscow’s railway stations at 15:00 local time and traversed the seven-kilometer-long route through the city center to Red Square. President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin took part in the march as well.