It was a time for tributes in Moscow, a pause in talks between the U.S. and Russia aimed at making progress in the strategic arms reduction treaty.

Hillary Clinton laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the start of the second leg of her two-day visit to Moscow. The sombre mood turned to optimism after it was clear that the talks over START2, as the nuclear arms reduction treaty is known, were making progress. It was an optimistic Clinton who spoke to the press.