Meaning of this for the audience at home, but also abroad here. well, this is really part of this cult of soviet victory in world war ii that putin has used as really the ideological cornerstone of the modern russian state that he s built. he s elevated the soviet victory in world war ii, which is obviously a traumatic event given the number of people that died, as a national religion. it is only really under putin that we ve seen the parade performed with the really enormous pomp that we re seeing right now, even for much of the soviet era they didn t do this with quite the extent with all the nuclear missiles every year parading down the main street in moscow. this is a message both to the russian people that they are a strong victorious power, and there is a slogan that you hear a lot in russia. we can do it again. and this is also a message to