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Russian Second World War veteran Yevgeny Ermolayev, 85, holds flowers during Victory Day in Moscow. To guarantee clear skies for Wednesday's parade, four planes were sent up in the morning to release special cloud-seeding chemicals. (AP)
Russian Second World War veteran Yevgeny Ermolayev, 85, holds flowers during Victory Day in Moscow. To guarantee clear skies for Wednesday's parade, four planes were sent up in the morning to release special cloud-seeding chemicals. (AP)
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