Victory Day

A Russian Tu-22 M3 bomber flies over Red Square during the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, 2010. Troops from four NATO states marched through Red Square for the first time Sunday as Russia marked victory in World War II with its biggest military parade since the collapse of the Soviet Union. (AFP)
Russian Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter jets shoot flares while flying over St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow on during a Victory Day parade on May 9, 2010. Troops from four NATO states marched through Red Square for the first time as Russia marked victory in World War II with its biggest military parade since the collapse of the Soviet Union. (AFP)
Kyrgyz guard of honor lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in central Bishkek on May 9, 2010 marking the 65th anniversary of victory on World War II. Along with troops from the NATO members states, some 70 soldiers apiece from ex-Soviet Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine will march on Moscow's Red Square for the first time. (AFP)
Russian soldiers march through Red Square during the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, 2010. Troops from four Nato states marched through Red Square for the first time Sunday as Russia marked victory in World War II with its biggest military parade since the collapse of the Soviet Union. (AFP)
A group of Russian fighters fly in formation over the two-headed eagle during a military parade in Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2010. Nato troops will march across Red Square on Sunday as Russia marks the 65th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, a gesture of friendship to the West which has won praise from President Barack Obama but enraged Communists. (Reuters)
A Russian Army artillery piece maneuvers during the Victory Day Parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany, at Moscow's Red Square, on May 9, 2010. US, French and British troops strode across Red Square for the first time Sunday in a Victory Day parade marked both by the usual impressive display of Russia's military might and an emphasis on international cooperation. (AP)
Visiting heads of State and Russia President Dmitry Medvedev, attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall, during the Victory Day Parade, which commemorates the 1945 defeat of Nazi Germany, in Moscow, on May 9, 2010. (AP)
Russian Tu-22 M3 bombers fly over Red Square during the Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9, 2010. Troops from four NATO states marched through Red Square for the first time Sunday as Russia marked victory in World War II with its biggest military parade since the collapse of the Soviet Union. (AFP)