The Russian president, Vladimir Putincommemorated this Monday with an official ceremony the 85 birthday from the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (1941-45), as the Soviet episode of the Second World War.
Putin He knelt before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier located at the foot of the Kremlin walls in the Alexander Gardens, after the honor guard laid a bouquet of red flowers to the sound of funeral music. In addition to the genuflection, the head of the Kremlin bowed his head and was silent for a certain time in memory of those who fell in the war, more than 8 millionaccording to official historiography. Next, Putin himself placed flowers at the memorials to each of the hero cities, including the Ukrainian cities of kyiv and Odessa.
