teech
05-10-2008, 10:32 AM
Tank after tank rumbled over Red Square's cobblestones, manned by soldiers with deadpan gazes cocked to one side and locked on the Kremlin elite's reviewing stand. A deadly armada of firepower that included the 52-ton Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile followed. Above it all, MiG fighter jets and strategic bombers soared in formation.
Russia's celebration of Victory Day, the country's annual commemoration of the defeat of Nazi Germany, came with a subtext Friday: Russia needs to feel good about itself again. To hammer home that message, the Kremlin borrowed a page from the Soviet era, when leaders relied on a display of military might to reinforce national pride.
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Russia's celebration of Victory Day, the country's annual commemoration of the defeat of Nazi Germany, came with a subtext Friday: Russia needs to feel good about itself again. To hammer home that message, the Kremlin borrowed a page from the Soviet era, when leaders relied on a display of military might to reinforce national pride.
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