2023-05-09 02:10:22
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NYT “Cancellation of the Victory Day event due to domestic anxiety rather than security issues”
After addressing the nation, Putin had breakfast with former Soviet leaders… Zelensky “will be defeated”
Russian and Soviet flags are banned at Victory Day celebrations in Berlin, Germany
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Choi In-young = With Russia celebrating its second victory day since the invasion of Ukraine on the 9th (local time), this year’s commemorative events will be held on a drastically reduced scale.
Victory Day is a day to commemorate the surrender of Nazi Germany on May 9, 1945 by the Soviet Union in World War II, and Russia considers it an important national holiday and commemorates it extensively.
Every year on Victory Day, grandiose events were held, such as a military parade in which large-scale soldiers and weapons were mobilized, and the ‘Immortal Regiment’, in which citizens marched with photos of veterans.
However, this year, the New York Times (NYT) reported on the 8th (local time) that more than 20 cities have canceled military parades and that the Immortal Solidarity event will not be held.
As the reason for cancellation, ‘security issues’ are the most cited. As it is the second Victory Day celebration to be held since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, there is a possibility of being attacked by Ukraine.
However, the NYT reported that there is an analysis that the cancellation of the event may have been caused by fears within Russia that gathering large crowds during the war might lead to social unrest and unrest.
The NYT said that it is unprecedented that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s symbol of Russian military parades have been canceled one following another. Explained.
However, the largest-scale military parade held at Red Square in the center of Moscow is expected to be held as usual. A parade of military marches and displays of everything from old tanks to intercontinental ballistic missiles is followed by Putin’s address to the nation.
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President Putin plans to observe the event and have an informal luncheon with leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Russia did not invite foreign leaders to the Victory Day event last year when the war in Ukraine began.
However, the region bordering Ukraine has a different atmosphere than Moscow.
Belgorod’s governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the parade was canceled to ensure local safety, saying “military vehicles and soldiers marching slowly in the city center can be targets of attack.”
Lipetsk governor Igor Artamonov said that “we are not afraid” but decided not to hold the Victory Day celebrations “because neo-Nazis might spoil the great Victory Day and put people at risk”.
In fact, drone attacks targeting the military or infrastructure have recently been frequent in Russia. The Kremlin Palace, where the president’s office is located, as well as areas bordering Ukraine, such as Crimea and Sevastopol, were targeted by drones.
The day before, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, targeting Victory Day, said, “All the old evils that modern Russia is reviving will be defeated, as the Nazis were in the past.”
Regions far from Ukraine also canceled events, saying they would unite with those on the front. Some cities, such as St. Petersburg, which canceled the Air Force Parade, decided to scale down the event.
The Immortal Regiment event was also canceled as a “precautionary measure once morest possible attacks”.
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However, some experts estimate that the government is reluctant to reveal the increased number of dead if many people come out with photos of those who died in this war, the NYT reported.
Meanwhile, Russian and Soviet flags were banned from the Victory Day celebrations held on the 8th and 9th in Berlin, Germany.
Berlin police said last week that during Victory Day celebrations to prevent violence, they would ban symbols, uniforms, songs and flags that might be seen as supporting the Russian invasion.
Pro-Russian activists protested once morest this, and a Berlin court issued an order allowing the Russian flag, etc., and a higher court overturned the ruling on the 8th.
Initially, the Ukrainian flag was also banned, but the court decided to allow it.
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