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Russia Rattles Sabers at Annual Parade

                   
military.com
May 9, 2008
        
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MOSCOW - Russia showcased its military might and youthful new president to the world Friday, as heavy tanks and missile launchers rumbled across Red Square in a Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era. In a nationally broadcast speech two days after his... [read full story]                    

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Russian sailors shout as they march through Moscow's Red Square on Friday in the nation's Victory Day parade. Heavy weaponry including tanks and missiles rolled through Red Square in the parade for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The parade, much smaller than Soviet...

Tanks rejoin Moscow V-Day parade

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May 10, 2008
        

Source: BBC (5-9-08)Russian tanks and intercontinental missile launchers have been paraded through Moscow for the first time since the collapse of the USSR. The Russian leadership has decided to revive the Communist-era custom of featuring military hardware in the annual Victory Day parade. New...

                   

Big guns roll through Red Square once more

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May 10, 2008
        

Seventeen years have gone by since T-90 tanks last rolled across the historic cobbles of Moscow's Red Square. But on Friday they were back -- with an unmistakable diesel-fumed roar -- and trundling past Lenin's tomb and the fantastic domes of St Basil's Cathedral.

                   

History of Wars warning!

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Russia flexes military muscle at festivities

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May 10, 2008
        

The bristling Red Square parade, once a Soviet standard, enjoyed a revival Friday as phalanxes of hardware, including intercontinental ballistic... ... AP Wearing World War II-era uniforms, Russian troops march in the annual Victory Day parade at Moscow's Red Square on...

                   

Soviet-Style Display of Might Fills Red Square

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May 10, 2008
        

MOSCOW, May 9 -- The Red Square parade, once a Soviet standard, enjoyed a revival Friday as phalanxes of military hardware, including intercontinental ballistic missiles, rumbled noisily over paving stones to deliver a message: The bear is back. ... Eight thousand...

                   

Missiles in Red Square parade

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May 10, 2008
        

Nuclear missiles and tanks paraded Friday across Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era but new President Dmitry Medvedev warned other nations against "irresponsible ambitions" that he ... said could start wars. Reviewing his first parade as commander in...

                   

10. Moscow echoes with nostalgia as military parades through Red Square

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Goose-stepping footfalls, echoing in front of shop windows bearing products from Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, captured the contrasts institutionalized during eight years of rule by former President Vladimir Putin. ... Kostunica warns of treason on eve of Serbian vote...

                   
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The Russians have a parade

baltimoresun.com
May 9, 2008
        

by Frank James The Russians had a military parade the likes of which we haven't seen for 17 years, with goose-stepping soldiers, some in Second World War throwback uniforms, marching through Red Square to celebrate Victory Day, the 63rd anniversary of the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany....

Russia holds Soviet-style military parade

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May 9, 2008
        

For the first time in 18 years Russia has shown off its heavy weaponry in a Soviet-style military parade through Moscow's Red Square. The ceremony to celebrate World War Two Victory Day was attended by Russia's new president Dmitry Medvedev and his predecessor, Vladimir...

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