“Glory to Russia,” intoned President Vladimir Putin, before his country’s stirring national anthem boomed out across Red Square. Then Putin took his seat and shared a smile and a word with U.S. President George W Bush. Behind the two presidents that sunny May afternoon in 2005 were the leaders of France, Germany and Italy, all in Moscow to attend the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.
What a difference a decade makes. The celebrations in Russia this month marking the end of the Second World War – better known across the former Soviet Union as the “Great …read more
Source: Newsweek
