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May 9th, 2018 
Awake Goy Huge crowds are moving through the center of the Russian capital, carrying pictures of their relatives who came through the horrors of the Great Patriotic War (as WWII is called in Russia). The Immortal Regiment march is part of the Victory Day celebrations, which this year marks the 73rd anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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As the event was gaining momentum, aerial footage showed Red Square packed with people. The seemingly endless procession stretched for miles down Tverskaya Street.
Putin joined the Immortal Regiment for the forth year in a row. The Russian President, accompanied by other world leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, joined the crowds on Moscow’s Red Square. Putin carried a portrait of his father, Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin, who fought in WWII.
RT’s correspondents covering the Victory Day celebrations also joined in. Daniel Hawkins is reporting from Tverskaya street, one of Moscow’s main traffic arteries where the march kicked off. RT’s Ilya Pertrenko was in the thick of the event, predicting that this year can break another attendance record.
Last year, despite freezing temperatures on May 9, Moscow saw over 800,000 participants – an absolute record for the event. This year, up to one million people are expected to show up for the march, as the weather is significantly better, the head of a regional patriotic organization, Bessmertniy Polk (Immortal Regiment), Elena Kalgina, told TASS.
Beginning as a local event in the Siberian city of Tyumen in 2007, the march spread across Russian and beyond, attracting huge crowds in the US, France, Germany, China, and other countries. Some countries hold the event before May 9, including American cities which saw thousands of participants on Saturday. In Paris, the march took place on Tuesday, attracting hundreds of people.
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