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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends ceremonial soldiers parade during 78th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia on. To give credence to this parallel, veterans of the blockade had been specially brought from St. The title of Laureate of the Russian Federation National Award named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov is presented on the eve of Victory Day. The president watches on, surrounded by allies. On May 2, while inaugurating the launch of a tramway line in Mariupol (10 kilometers of the 100 that existed before the invasion), Vladimir Putin compared the fate of the city to that of Leningrad during the German blockade of 1941-1944. Children from schools and kindergartens parade in military clothes, some of them in period costumes, others dressed as Kremlin troops.Ī further step has been taken. In Volgograd, posters call on men to enlist "for Stalingrad!" – the city's old name. Moscow is hosting its annual military parade to commemorate victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. The army recruitment campaign currently underway also draws heavily on this memory. In Russian cities, portraits of soldiers who fell on the Ukrainian front stand next to those dead during the Second World War. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFPįor the second year in a row, the annual celebrations of the Soviet victory over the Nazis, on May 9, are being transformed into a propaganda tool for the war in Ukraine. Update: In October 2012, Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree that would extend the Victory Day Celebrations from Thursday, to Sunday, May 12, 2013. Subscribers only Cossacks march on in Moscow, in preparation for the celebration of the 78th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. original sound - Politics & Communication. Russian President Vladimir Putin assailed the West for unleashing. TikTok video from Politics & Communication (karistocracy): 'May 9 is Victory Day in Russia, celebrating the Soviet triumph in WW2'. There was no air force display and just one decades-old tank rolled through Moscow's Red Square. Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on Tuesday. Published on May 9, 2023, at 5:35 am (Paris), updated on May 9, 2023, at 5:46 am Time to 3 min. Contributor/Getty Images Russia's Victory Day celebrations were scaled back this year. Behind Russia's obsession with 1945 victory lies a cult of endless war News analysisĪ Soviet-era inheritance, the celebration of the Great Patriotic War is now manipulated by Vladimir Putin to gain public support for the conflict in Ukraine.