CANADA PERSPECTIVE

Canada: Canadian media — National Post, Globe and Mail — emphasize the domestic Russian reception of the parade. Muscovites responded with notable indifference: the stands were partially empty, enthusiasm was absent. The Globe and Mail had already headlined before the parade 'Scaled-back Victory Day parade is a sign of Putin's growing paranoia.' Canada, which has aligned itself with Western sanctions and militarily supports Ukraine, sees nothing in Putin's speech but internal legitimation rhetoric aimed at a population exhausted by more than four years of war.