Russia: Putin takes part in Moscow Immortal Regiment march

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the Immortal Regiment march in Moscow, Monday, to mark the 71st anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.
Hundreds of thousands of commemorators marched through the city holding banners, pictures of relatives who fought and portraits of unknown veterans of the Great Patriotic War (World War II). The action started at Tverskaya Street and concluded on Red Square. During the march Putin carried a picture of his father.
The Bessmertny Polk (Immortal Regiment) campaign is scheduled in dozens of cities throughout Russia and across the globe at the start of May to mark the 71th anniversary of what is known in the former Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. Campaign participants march with a portrait of a relative or an unknown veteran of the war through the central streets of their cities. This year more than 10 million participants are expected to take part in the event worldwide, according to the Immortal Regiment co-chairman Sergei Lapenkov.