Il presidente Medvedev in posa con alcuni veterani

(AP Photo/Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, poses with World War II veterans after laying flowers at the monument to Soviet soldiers killed fighting Nazi troops in Nov. 1941, near Volokolamsk, 100 km (62.5 miles) west of Moscow, Friday, May 7, 2010. Russia will celebrate Victory in WWII on May 9.