MOSCOW, May 8 (AVN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin handed the Armed Forces banner to Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov during the solemn ceremony at Sobornaya Square in the Kremlin on Tuesday.
The ceremony was attended by members of the Defence Ministry board, ministers and chairmen of the two houses of Russian parliament.
The Armed Forces banner, as well as the Victory banner, will participate in the military parade which is to take place at Moscow's Red Square on May 9.