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Putin, Vucich and Netanyahu laid wreaths at the grave of an unknown soldier

Russian President Vladimir Putin, head of Serbia Alexander Vuchich and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who arrived in Moscow for the celebration of Victory Day, laid wreaths at the grave of an unknown soldier in the Alexander Garden. This is reported by Channel One .

The ceremony was also attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, acting Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu, acting The head of the Kremlin administration Anton Vaino, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Valery Zorkin, State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and head of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko.

Wreaths at the eternal fire were established by the soldiers of the presidential regiment. High -ranking faces honored the memory of the minute of silence in the war.

Meanwhile, the media drew attention to an unpleasant incident that occurred after the parade on the way to the grave of an unknown soldier. According to the Rain TV channel, Putin's guard rudely pushed the veteran of the Great Patriotic War from the president who was trying to approach him.

When the head of state went from Red Square to the wreath ceremony to the grave of an unknown soldier, a veteran descending from the rostrum wanted to approach him. The elderly man was blocked by the FSO officers and tried to take him away. However, Putin drew attention to this and intervened. According to RIA Novosti , the president went to the veteran, shook his hand and invited him to go to the Alexander Garden. They continued the path together.

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- Kremlin pool RIA (@kremlinpool_ria) May 9, 2018

On Wednesday, a military parade was held on Red Square in honor of the 73rd anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The acting Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu, took the parade, commanded by the general commander of the ground forces Oleg Salyukov. The parade showed the latest military equipment.