A war veteran in military uniform stands by a flag with a Soviet red star during a communist demonstration in central Moscow on Victory Day, May 9, 2009. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, opening the biggest and most spectacular parade in post-Soviet history, said the lessons of the Soviet Union's World War Two victory were still relevant today -- a clear reference to Russia's five-day war with Georgia last August. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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