Putin tells Red Square parade that Nazi ideas persist
Source: AP
MOSCOW (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe with a speech warning that Nazi beliefs remain strong.
Speaking to the annual military parade on Moscows Red Square, Putin on Sunday decried attempts to rewrite history, to justify traitors and criminals, on whose hands lies the blood of hundreds of thousands of peaceful people.
Unfortunately, many of the ideologies of the Nazis, those who were obsessed with the delusional theory of their exclusiveness, are again trying to be put into service, he said, without citing specifics.
The parade, whose format varies little from year to year, included more than 190 military vehicles traversing the square, ranging from the renowned WWII-era T-34 tank to the hulking eight-axle Yars mobile ICBM launchers.
Russian sailors march toward Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 9, 2021, marking the 76th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. (AP Photo)
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lonely bird
(1,685 posts)Since you are utilizing them I guess we can take you at your word.
llashram
(6,265 posts)iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,158 posts)Stalin had a pact with Nazi Germany, perhaps out of prudence, then the USSR lost millions fighting Hitler, more than any other Allied nation.
The Bolsheviks seized power in an authoritarian insurrection that could model for Jan 6, during internal political chaos resulting from WWI, but proclaimed it democratic because local governments, the Soviets, elected delegates to their legislature.
Compare that background to our 2016 election, and the former guy's loyalties.
What am I to make of this? We are the new fascism while Russia is the new democracy?
TomWilm
(1,832 posts)... but I have no idea what Putin is babbling about!
Botany
(70,504 posts)... wearing a medal from a pro Nazi Hungarian party.
ck4829
(35,074 posts)marble falls
(57,081 posts)speak easy
(9,249 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)with different expressions copied and pasted. (I'm bad with faces. I'd make a terrible witness unless I actually know the accused.) They are so homogenous, I wonder if joining their navy is like auditioning for a chorus line.
deminks
(11,014 posts)nt
KPN
(15,645 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(5,689 posts)Ever looking in a mirror, world's most notorious assassin?
roamer65
(36,745 posts)He would know. Hes using those ideas.
JohnSJ
(92,190 posts)Martin68
(22,800 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,139 posts)And, it'll be his excuse if he's stupid enough to try to "annex" the southern and eastern parts of the country.
Mysterian
(4,587 posts)Putin is a dictator who murders opponents just like Hitler.