Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
President Valdis Zatlers attended the Moscow Victory Day Parade on Red Square on 9 May 2010, attending the 65th VE Day celebrations. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga previously had attended the 60th anniversary event in 2005. In December 2010, Zatlers made his first state visit to Moscow, with the four-day visit including talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, as well as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. The following year, Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Naryshkin made a working visit to Latvia.