Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, April 24 (Reporter Lu Jinbo) Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill to change the end date of World War II on September 24, changing the end date of World War II from September 2 in 1945 to September 3.
The proponent of the bill referred to the decree issued by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union in 1945. The decree declared September 3 as the victory day of victory over Japan. The date displayed on the back of the medal of victory for Japan by about 1.8 million people at that time was September 3, 1945. The Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) passed the bill on the 14th.
The Russian Federation Council (the upper house of parliament) approved in 2010 to set September 2 as the end of World War II.