Moscow celebrates May 9 without tanks or planes: Putin's reduced parade reveals a Russia at war

Germany

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Germany: Moscow celebrates under the protection of a truce — a parade as a demonstration of normalcy in abnormal times

Australia

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Australia: Moscow orders the evacuation of the Australian embassy — the parade viewed from within a zone of tension

Canada

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Canada: the Moscow parade inspires indifference and skepticism — Putin preaching to the converted

South Korea

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South Korea: the entry of North Korean soldiers into the Russian parade — a strategic shift to watch closely

United States

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Washington reads the reduced parade as a sign of Putin's growing vulnerability

France

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France: the atmosphere of wartime invades Moscow as it plays at normalcy on May 9

Qatar

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Qatar: Al Jazeera documents the reduced parade with neutrality, between Russian narrative and Ukrainian account

United Kingdom

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United Kingdom: fear behind the spectacle — Putin paranoid over an amputated parade

Russia

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Victorious Russia: Putin claims historical legitimacy for the struggle in Ukraine

Singapore

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Singapore: a parade that speaks as much of what it hides as what it shows

Ukraine

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Ukraine: the May 9 parade exposed as a presentation of Russian defeat