Victory Day, celebrating the Soviet Union’s vanquishing of Nazi Germany in 1945, is Russia’s most vital secular vacation, though it’s toned down this 12 months because the struggle in Ukraine drags on.
Greater than 20 cities, some 1000’s of miles from the battle strains, stated they might forgo navy parades, and organizers canceled a preferred nationwide march honoring veterans.
Right here’s a have a look at the importance the vacation has taken on throughout President Vladimir V. Putin’s twenty years in energy.
