Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), shakes hands with French President Jacques Chirac, while Ludmila Putin smiles during welcome ceremony in Moscow, May 9, 2005. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) greets United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan before attending a military parade on Red Square in Moscow, during celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in WW II. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko before the military parade in Moscow's Red Square marking the 60th anniversary of the victory of Russia's Great Patriotic War over Nazi Germany. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at a celebration in Moscow's Red Square marking 60 years since the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov inspects military parade at Red Suqare.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder attends the celebration in Moscow's Red Square marking the 60th anniversary of the victory of Russia's Great Patriotic War over Nazi Germany.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and US President George W. Bush watch the grand military parade at Moscow's Red Square.