65th VE Day Parade: Red Square

Off-Topic Off Topic - Militaria
#1

So, for the first time Russia let other nations march with it in its parade.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8670589.stm - The story itself

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8669975.stm - highlights of the parade

The other nations were members of NATO, France, Poland, UK, and US.

One of the weird things to me was why did the government reject Prince Charles’s offer to go…

#2

Also interesting to see Angela Merkel sitting next to Vladimir Putin during the event. Just the seating location.