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MOSCOW'S STRIPPED-DOWN VICTORY DAY PARADE REVEALS A RUSSIA AT WAR WITH ITSELF
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Germany: Moscow celebrates under ceasefire cover — a parade as normalcy theatre in abnormal times
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
Germany: Tagesschau, Germany's primary news source, headlined 'Putin feiert Siegesparade in Moskau im Schutz von Waffenruhe' — Putin celebrates the Victory Day parade in Moscow under the protection of the ceasefire. The angle is deliberate synchronisation: the Trump-brokered truce coincided exactly with May 9, allowing Moscow to hold its parade without immediate risk of a Ukrainian strike. Deutsche Welle explained in detail why parades are smaller across Russia this year: the war absorbs material and human resources, and displaying military equipment creates a real security risk. Berlin, which has long hesitated over Taurus missile deliveries and carries the historical weight of WWII vis-à-vis Russia, observes the parade with cold analytical distance.
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Russia victorious: Putin claims historical legitimacy for the Ukraine fight
Ukraine exposes the May 9 parade as a stage set for Russia's defeat
Washington reads the stripped-down parade as a sign of Putin's growing vulnerability
Britain: the fear behind the fanfare — a paranoid Putin behind an amputated parade
France: a wartime atmosphere invades a Moscow playing at normalcy on May 9
South Korea: North Korean soldiers in Moscow's parade — a strategic shift to watch closely
Canada: Moscow's parade inspires indifference and scepticism — Putin preaching to an empty hall
Qatar: Al Jazeera documents the reduced parade with neutrality, between Russian and Ukrainian narratives
Australia: Moscow ordered evacuation of the Australian embassy — the parade seen from inside a tension zone
Singapore: a parade that speaks as much through what it hides as through what it shows