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Morning paper news sport j2 money culture scene video subscription SEMI-EMPTY LODGE Sad picture on Red Square: Putin's arrival at the parade was canceled by almost everyone except Vučić and Dodik The military parade was attended by those for whom this is the only "way out", such as the most loyal allies from several former Soviet states Author: Vlado VurušićPosted: June 24, 2020 7:18 pm Vladimir Putin, Aleksandar Vucic, Alexander Lukashenko and Milorad DodikGallery Vladimir Putin, Aleksandar Vucic, Alexander Lukashenko and Milorad Dodik Aleksey Nikolskyi / AFP Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail RELATED NEWS Military parade in MoscowVideo icon WORLD WAR II Thousands at military parade in Moscow, Putin: 'It was an unprecedented triumph of power' DEMONSTRATION OF POWER The military parade is stronger than the crown: Putin is showing unprecedented weapons on Red Square Despite the coronavirus pandemic in Moscow, with strict measures, an important Putin event took place on Wednesday - a military parade on Red Square on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. Although the number of infected in Russia is still around 7,000 a day (a drop from more than 11,000 a day as it was in April and May), the parade, which was scheduled for May 9, exactly on the anniversary of the signing of Nazi Germany's capitulation, due to the coronavirus it was postponed to Thursday, June 24, on the anniversary of the first such parade held in 1945. The monster It must show the current military-political power, but also the connection with the then contribution to the victory over the sinister Third Reich, as well as the warning that Russia is ready to "deal with the scourge of neo-fascism in Europe" again. In his speech, Putin highlighted this great contribution, but also mentioned the allies (not by name) and the importance of opening the Second Front in June 1944. image Vladimir Putin Sergey Guneev / AFP For Vladimir Putin, this parade is an introduction to the soon-to-be controversial constitutional referendum - July 1, at which changes should (will) be named that would enable him to run for at least two more six-year terms even after the expiration of his fourth term in 2024. presidential term, which would mean he could be at the top of the Kremlin at least until 2036. image Military parade in Moscow Alexander Nemenov / AFP Ceremonial lodge Namely, constitutional reforms would erase all previous mandates and, given that this is a new constitution, everything starts from scratch, including Putin's mandates, and he has already agreed that he will not mind the fifth (even sixth) ) time tries electoral luck. Apart from the pandemic itself, this is certainly one of the reasons why this year's ceremonial lodge was sad for foreign statesmen. image Aleksandar Vucic, Aleksandar Lukashenko and Milorad Dodik Pavel Golovkin / AFP Putin was approached only by those who have to and for whom this is the only "way out", his most loyal allies from several former Soviet states - Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Belarus, along with two very delicate heads of parastate formations of the renegade Georgian provinces of Abrasion and South Ossetia. , given that Russia recognized them, had the same treatment as other presidents of the visiting states. Among them, only Aleksandar Vučić , the President of Serbia, and the Serbian member of the BiH Presidency, Milorad Dodik (who does not hold the position of the head of the three-headed presidency), were among them. image Military parade in Moscow Alexander Vilf / AFP Apologies In addition to the parade, Vučić arrived for a sensitive conversation with Putin before his departure to Washington for talks on Serbian-Kosovo relations, which could, if not then, at least pave the way for mutual recognition of the two countries, which Russia opposes. image Military parade in Moscow Vladimir Pesnya / AFP It should be reminded that Croatian President Zoran Milanovic canceled his arrival in Moscow at the last minute, clumsily justifying the plane crash , but neither Czech President Milos Zeman , Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor Azerbaijani President Ilhan Aliyev came , and before that French President also canceled Emmanuel Macron . It is interesting that one unit of the Serbian Army paraded through Red Square, and as it was said, all participants in the parade (more than 13,000 of them) were tested for the crown. image Tupolev's Tu-160 in flight over Moscow