Reality of war mars Moscow’s Victory Day parade

The Soviet Union’s defeat of the Nazis in World War II are marked by a massive Victory Parade in Moscow every May 9. But over time, Russia’s leaders have turned the parade into a patriotic event. The World’s host Marco Werman asks Sergey Radchenko, a Soviet-born historian at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies: Is there room to acknowledge Russia’s military sacrifices but not celebrate its invasion of Ukraine?

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