

Moscow will also debut a new line of military hardware for the army. It has since ordered a withdrawal of some troops. This years annual parade commemorating victory in World War II is of particular. Moscow said the build-up, which alarmed the West, was a training exercise in response to activity by the NATO military alliance and Ukraine. The most important parade of those being held on May 9 is the one held on Moscow's Red Square, with the President of Russia as the guest of honor and keynote speaker in virtue of his constitutional mandate as Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces. Parad Pobedy v Moskve) refers to the annual military parade of the Russian Armed Forces on Moscow 's Red Square on May 9 during the Victory Day celebrations.

Sunday's parade follows a massive show of Russian military force near the borders of Ukraine and in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Kyiv in 2014, and an uptick in fighting in eastern Ukraine between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces. The Moscow Victory Day Parade (Russian:, tr. Putin told the massed ranks of his forces and watching foreign diplomats: 'We shall always remember that this noble feat (defeat of the Nazis) was committed.
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The United States and Russia have expelled each other's diplomats in recent months in a series of retaliatory moves and Moscow and EU member states have been involved in a similar tit-for-tat diplomatic dispute. This year's parade precedes parliamentary elections in September and comes at a time when Moscow's relations with the West are acutely strained over issues ranging from the conflict in Ukraine to the fate of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. "Russia will again and again uphold international law, but at the same time we will firmly protect national interests (and) ensure the security of our people." Red Square is one of the oldest and largest squares in Moscow, t.
