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Parade of glory and painful memory

Published: 09 May, 2010, 08:45
Edited: 10 May, 2010, 10:11

For 65 years Victory Day has been marked with tears. This time Russia is marking May 9 with a traditional parade in the heart of Moscow, together with allies and former Soviet republics, now independent states.

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2 COMMENTS

bryan turner May 10, 2010, 09:25 quote

i would like to say a heartfelt thankyou to the Russian people for their glorious and heroic defeat of facist terror,my father always told me that Russia made the greatest sacrifice during WW2 And we in the UK should always be thankful

duncan.lucas@btinternet.com May 09, 2012, 22:34 quote

It would have been very nice to watch it .But for some reason RT wont down load the full parade. I was looking forward to it .All I can see on their videos is interviews???

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