November 7, 2014

The red star resurfaces on Red Square . . .

. . . and children, wearing Soviet-era uniforms and carrying arms, participate in the festivities.

Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin defends the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius pens a response.

ADDED: Full video of the parade here; the hammer and sickle are first visible at 4:53. Here's footage from the November 1, 1941 parade.

1 comment:

edutcher said...

The bad old days.

And those guys in the original cast marched right out to hold off the Panzers until Zhukov showed up.

Irene said...

Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin defends the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

But I'll bet he never said, "Peace in our time".