Russia shows its teeth with Victory Day parade

Why this year’s Red Square event was worth watching

Russian servicewomen march in Red Square during this year's Victory Day military parade in Moscow
(Image credit: Maxim Shipenkov/AFP/Getty Image)

Fresh from his inauguration for a fourth term as president ,Vladimir Putin used this year’s Victory Day parade in Moscow to reaffirm Russia’s willingness to defend itself against Western aggression.

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