Centenarian World War Two veteran Nikolay Bagayev will be among Russians across the country commemorating the anniversary of the war's end on Thursday. He told his story to his granddaughter, Reuters Moscow bureau reporter Olesya Astakhova. "A starving peace is better than a well-fed war," says 100-year-old decorated World War Two veteran Nikolay Bagayev. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov SEARCH "SHEMETOV VETERAN" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: WW2-ANNIVERSARY/RUSSIA-VETERAN