on 09-05-2015 08:37 PM
Victory Day Parade in Red Square Moscow ti commemorate the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazism.
The Patriotic War claimed 27 million Russian lives and the outcome of World War II would have been vastly different had in not been for the effort of Russia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcFMuLr7TRs
on 11-05-2015 12:01 PM
on 11-05-2015 12:12 PM
Julia google is your friend
ok
from the moscow times:
Victory Day Parade: A Glimpse of Russia's Future Military Might
Russian President Vladimir Putin treated scores of foreign dignitaries, political elites and minor celebrities to a snapshot of Moscow's future military might on Saturday as part of Russia's largest Victory Day celebration of the post-Soviet era.
With heads held high and cocked to the right, Russian soldiers of every stripe goose-stepped their way across Red Square to the drumming of an army band playing Soviet-era wartime classics.
As a large armored column made its way to the square through the packed streets of central Moscow, a Russian general stood high in the passenger seat of a black Russian-made convertible to launch the spectacle's first act.
Most of the Russian soldiers wore uniforms typical of the event — a fair mix of World War II garb and more recent Soviet-style military fare — but one regiment donned what appeared to be Russia's new Ratnik military kit.
According to the parade's announcer, these modern looking soldiers were the so-called "polite people," a selection of unidentified Russian troops who quietly seized the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine last year.
The polite people were not the only sign that this year's parade was more than just a commemoration of past sacrifice, but a portrait of Putin's Russia amid the Ukraine crisis.
While Western leaders gave the parade a wide berth, large delegations from nations with close political ties to Moscow, such as China, India and Venezuela, turned out in droves.
Also turning heads among the parade-watchers were some of Putin's favorite celebrity icons, such as action movie star Steven Seagal, and Alexander "the Surgeon" Zaldostanov — the leader of the Night Wolves, a nationalist Russian biker gang infamous for being some of Putin's most vocal supporters.
But these novelties were overshadowed by an impressive display of Russia's armored and aerial might.
After the troops concluded their march and left Red Square, the ground began to shake as vintage T-34 tanks — considered by some to have been the best tanks of World War II — stormed the scene with a trembling roar.
The T-34s were joined with select few pieces of older Russian gear, but the majority of the force was comprised of brand-new gear that has only recently been seen in public for the first time.
At this point, the parade became a sign of things to come. Brand-new Armata T-14 tanks paraded alongside a number of new military vehicle designs, separated by a handful of older BTRs and T-90 tanks as if to contrast the old Russian army from the new.
Not only were most of the tanks new, but so were the nuclear missiles. The occasion was used to show off the new Yars-24 intercontinental ballistic missile, with which the military hopes to arm the majority of its nuclear forces in the coming years.
The new equipment looked sharp, powerful and thoroughly modern. And for the most part they performed their modest parade duties well. None of the Armata tanks stalled on Red Square, as one did during rehearsals on Thursday.
However, before arriving on Red Square, there was a minor hiccup.
As eager Muscovites packed into nearby Pushkin Square, climbing trees, signposts and even portable toilets to get the best views, two of the new armored vehicles were seen to drop out of the column, and remained stationary for the rest of the parade.
Notably absent from the parade was Russia's new stealth fighter jet, the Sukhoi PAK-FA, also known as the T-50.
But it was no matter, as crowds were dazzled with fighter jets popping bright chaff above the square and laying down smoke in the colors of the Russian flag.
on 11-05-2015 12:25 PM
Victory Day Parade in Red Square Moscow ti commemorate the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Nazism.
what better way to honor the dead
than parading the latest in killing machines
on 11-05-2015 12:36 PM
And now something to balance out the previous biased article
Russia Stages Huge Parade to Mark Victory Day
Russian jets form the number 70 during the Victory Day parade in Moscow
on 11-05-2015 12:46 PM
And now something to balance out the previous biased article
the one from the moscow times?
which part made you think it was biased?
on 11-05-2015 12:49 PM
Most of it,
Got a link by the way?
on 11-05-2015 12:50 PM
Victory Day Parade: A Glimpse of Russia's Future Military Might
Russian President Vladimir Putin treated scores of foreign dignitaries, political elites and minor celebrities to a snapshot of Moscow's future military might on Saturday as part of Russia's largest Victory Day celebration of the post-Soviet era.
With heads held high and cocked to the right, Russian soldiers of every stripe goose-stepped their way across Red Square to the drumming of an army band playing Soviet-era wartime classics.
The polite people were not the only sign that this year's parade was more than just a commemoration of past sacrifice, but a portrait of Putin's Russia amid the Ukraine crisis.
While Western leaders gave the parade a wide berth, large delegations from nations with close political ties to Moscow, such as China, India and Venezuela, turned out in droves.
This is the reason why most of the world leaders refused to attend.
Remindes me of the Olympic Games Hitler put on to legitimise himself.
on 11-05-2015 01:02 PM
Most of it
why? where you there?
Got a link by the way?
was the source not enough?
on 11-05-2015 01:15 PM
Your article was written by
Mather Bodner a yank, no wonder it is biased
Moscow based journalist focusing on Russian foreign, defense, and space policy. He studied at Miami University of Ohio, and was a junior fellow at the Havighurst Center of Post-Soviet and Russian Studies.
on 11-05-2015 01:26 PM
may i have a link to your article please?