Victory Day parades are traditional show of the Kremlin's military might. But the militarisation of WWII memory has also provoked a split within society and Russian people themselves
Putin earlier met with Kim Jong Un's father and former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in 2002The cloudy weather meanwhile made sure that the hardware part of the parade was similarly toned down.
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