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Page last updated at 12:13 GMT, Sunday, 9 May 2010 13:13 UK

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In pictures: Russia's Victory Day parade

Fly-past by Russian Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter jets over Moscow's Red Square on Victory Day on 9/5/2010

The lavish spectacle of Russia's annual Victory Day parade made history this year - on the 65th anniversary of victory over the Nazis in World War II.

Troops from Britain's Welsh Guards parade through Moscow's Red Square on 9/5/2010

Troops from Britain - pictured here - as well as France, the US and Poland participated for the first time in the march through Red Square.

US troops parade through Moscow's Red Square on 9/5/2010

The presence of foreign troops in Red Square - once the heart of the Soviet Union - was hugely symbolic, said correspondents.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gives a speech in Red Square, Moscow, on 9/5/2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the parade that the lessons from WWII demonstrated the need "to show solidarity" in the face of modern-day threats.

Dmitry Medvedev and Angela Merkel lead wreath-laying ceremony at Moscow's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on 9/5/2010

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was among leaders who attended the parade. Here, they participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

French troops march through Moscow's Red Square on 09/5/2010

But French President Nicolas Sarkozy - whose troops are pictured on parade - and Italian President Silvio Berlusconi were unable to attend because of the European financial crisis.

Russian Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles are paraded through Moscow's Red Square on 9/5/2010

This was Russia's biggest military parade since the Soviet Union collapsed. More than 10,000 Russian troops took part, along with dozens of tanks, armoured vehicles and missile launchers as well as a fly-past by 127 aircraft.

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