The Victory Parade will be held in Moscow on May 9 without the participation of military equipment. Political scientist Ekaterina Shulman and journalist Alexandra Prokopenko reported this with reference to unnamed sources.
“The full duration is 40 minutes, the equipment is not moving, and there are several hundred guests. Information message: The show will take place as usual, the rituals are in place. And since it was rather short, we were told not to notice. They will appear to the Commander-in-Chief – and say thank you,” Shulman wrote on her telegram channel.
Prokopenko bring Similar information: Military columns will march without equipment, and the number of guests will be reduced from several thousand to several hundred. “The propaganda machine will claim that this was intentional from the beginning, and has nothing to do with drones,” she added.
In z-publics a few weeks ago He started Rumors are actively discussed that the show on May 9 will be held in a limited capacity or even canceled altogether. The author of the Fighterbomber channel (515 thousand subscribers) reported at the beginning of April that the rehearsal for the aerial part of the show had been cancelled.
Edition of “The Agency” April 25 Convert it Please note that the Moscow authorities have not yet informed about rehearsals for the show, which usually begin two weeks before the show and are accompanied by street closures.
The authorities did not officially announce the cancellation or reduction of the offer.