MOSCOW, May 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia mourns WWII soldiers with a minute of silence tonight, 8 p.m. All television channels will livecast an appeal to the world to ever hold sacred the memory of all who laid down their life to fight nazism. A Schumann tune will accompany the address. The song, "Bow to the Glorious Years!" will follow the silence minute.

A grand-style Red Square pageant starts immediately after.

Russia had its May 9 silence minute 18.50 all previous years.