On the Day of Memory and Sorrow, flowers were laid at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Sergei Shoigu together with senior officers and veterans of the Armed Forces.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia laid a wreath at the Eternal Flame near the Kremlin Wall. A prayer sounded for the eternal rest of the fallen.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin also visited the memorial.
The ceremony brought together the cadets of the Youth Army, members of patriotic organizations.
Servicemen of the Guard of Honor company marched in a solemn march across the cobblestones.
Words of sorrow sounded today at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. Flowers to the Eternal Flame were laid by the Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko and other senators.
And the speaker of the lower chamber Vyacheslav Volodin arrived today at the Novodevichy cemetery, where he honored the memory of the heroes of the defense of Moscow. The memory of their courage, he noted, should be passed on from generation to generation.
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