Victory Day Parade in Russia

For the first time since former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin commemorated the victory over Nazi Germany, NATO troops have joined Russian soldiers to mark the 65th anniversary of Soviet Union's1945 victory over Germany in World War II event. NATO troops from the US, Britain, France and Poland joined over 11,000 Russian soldiers in Moscow's Red Square. Chinese president Hu Jintao, German Chancellor and leaders of almost all former Soviet republics attended the event except US President Barack Obama, who could not make the trip to Moscow due to scheduling clash. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that the lesson learned from World War II is to unite in solidarity and it was also a great victory of good over evil, and a victory of justice over anarchy. As a matter of fact, according to a recent poll conducted by the Levada Center, 28 percent of Russians were against the presence of NATO troops at the parade while 55 percent of Russians were wholly or partly positive about the event. Read more at http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/05/09/russia.parade/index.html

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