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Today, Putin said, “we see gatherings of war criminals that have not been finished off, their followers, attempts to rewrite history, to whitewash traitors and bandits, whose hands are covered with the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent people.”
The president wrapped up his speech with the words: “Glory to the victorious people. Happy Victory Day to you! Ura!” after which the parade began.
Parade Standouts
This year’s parade featured over 12,000 service members, 190+ military vehicles and 76 aircraft.
The on-foot portion of the parade featured a combination of historical and modern uniforms, formations and units, and was kicked off as always by students of the legendary Moscow Suvorov Military Music College named after Valery Khalilov. These young drummers and flute players dressed in black accented by red and gold have an important job – setting the tone and rhythm of the entire parade. They have kicked off nearly every military parade on Red Square since t
In order to comply with sanitary and epidemiological requirements caused by an increase in the number of cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), some of the participants joined the meeting via videoconference.
More than 200 people from 85 Russian regions also attended, including heads of working groups on Cossack affairs at state authorities in the regions, and atamans of Cossack societies and public associations.
Chairman of the Council for Cossack
Affairs Anatoly Seryshev Seryshev AnatolyAide to the President noted in his report that in the context of the pandemic in 2020, cooperative volunteering had rallied all representatives of the Cossacks, and this consolidation drive would continue in the future. “Our