Three things we learned from Putin's Red Square parade

BC Monitoring's Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko reflects on the Victory Day spectacle in Moscow.

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The annual Victory Day spectacle is always eye-catching, but BBC Monitoring's Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko says three things in particular stood out this year.

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