January 27, 2015. Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar attending events in memory of the victims of the Holocaust on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops, in the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow.

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President Vladimir Putin attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015. Left: Alexander Boroda, President, Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia. From right: Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar and Skolkovo Foundation President Viktor Vekselberg..

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From left: President Vladimir Putin and Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar attending the candle ceremony at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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John Francis Tefft, US ambassador in Russia, attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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John Francis Tefft, US ambassador in Russia, attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015. Background: Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar.

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President Vladimir Putin attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops.

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President Vladimir Putin attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops.

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President Vladimir Putin attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin attending the candle ceremony at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin attending the candle ceremony at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015. From left: Viktor Vekselberg, President, Skolkovo Foundation, and Alexander Boroda, President, Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia. Right: Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar.

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President Vladimir Putin (left), Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar (second left) and Alexander Boroda (right), President, Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia, attending the candle ceremony at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin (left) and Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar attending the candle ceremony at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Alexander Boroda, President, Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia, attending the candle ceremony at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin and Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar attending the candle ceremony at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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From left: Berl Lazar, Russia's Chief Rabbi, Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Alexander Boroda, President, Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia, attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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President Vladimir Putin attending Holocaust remembrance events at Moscow's Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz victims' liberation by the Soviet troops, January 28, 2015.

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