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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 9, 2017: Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C)holds a portrait of his father Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin who fought in World War II during an Immortal Regiment march in Moscow on the day of the 72nd anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, the Eastern Front of World War II. Mikhail Metzel/TASS (Photo by Mikhail Metzel\TASS via Getty Images)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 9, 2017: Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C)holds a portrait of his father Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin who fought in World War II during an Immortal Regiment march in Moscow on the day of the 72nd anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, the Eastern Front of World War II. Mikhail Metzel/TASS (Photo by Mikhail Metzel\TASS via Getty Images)