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Central row: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, centre left, speaker of the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament Vyacheslav Volodin, left, Speaker of the Federation Council, Russian parliament's upper chamber Valentina Matviyenko, centre right, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, centre, Federal Security Service (FSB) director Alexander Bortnikov, second from right, and Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, right, watch the Victory Day military parade marking the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II in Red square in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)