Medvedev was not at the parade. Bloggers “convicted” the ruling tandem of disrespect for veterans. There are fewer foreign guests
By ten in the morning, all the invitees took their places on Red Square, including Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, as well as distinguished foreign guests - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Serbian head of state Aleksandar Vucic.
Under the chimes and the “Holy War”, the honor guard of the Preobrazhensky Regiment brought the Russian flag and the legendary Victory Banner to Red Square - the red banner hoisted over the Reichstag by soldiers in May 1945.
The parade was commanded by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Colonel General Oleg Salyukov, and was received by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At the beginning, the President of Russia addressed all those gathered from the rostrum.
Vladimir Putin
The defeat of the Nazis became a grandiose, triumphant Victory, this long-awaited word immediately flew around the planet. And all countries, all peoples understood then that it was the Soviet Union that determined the outcome of the Second World War, that this great sacrificial feat was accomplished by our soldier and our people.
He achieved Victory at the cost of severe, irreparable losses, defended the honor and independence of his native land thanks to unparalleled courage at the front and in the rear. However, today they are trying to erase the feat of the people who saved Europe and the world from slavery, from extermination, from the horrors of the Holocaust, to distort the events of the war, to consign true heroes to oblivion, to forge, rewrite, and distort history itself.
We will not allow this to happen. Never. Our duty is to preserve the memory of the valor of the soldiers who gave their lives for the lives of others, of all our soldiers and courageous fighters of the second front, of the contribution to the Victory of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, of the military brotherhood of those who opposed Nazism.
We will always be proud that the Soviet people did not flinch, did not cave in before a cruel enemy, when some states chose the shame of capitulation, hypocritical conciliation or direct cooperation with the Nazis. Our people fought to the death. No country in the world has repelled such an invasion.
May 9 unites all generations with a story of courage. Each family has its own, dear heroes, they live in our hearts, they are with us in the ranks of the “Immortal Regiment”. We bow our heads to the blessed memory of all who did not return from the war, to the memory of sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, grandfathers, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, fellow soldiers, relatives, friends. We mourn the veterans who left us.
A minute of silence is announced.
Dear veterans!
Our gratitude to you is boundless, our hearts are talking about it now. A military parade will be held in honor of your services to the Fatherland.
The experience of your life, scorched by war, is an eternal example for all generations. We bow to your piercing devotion to the Motherland.
We have the great honor of being your heirs. We understand how high this responsibility is, and we will never let you down.
Pride in your feat makes us stronger. Now a new generation of winners is in the ranks, they will march solemnly along the main square of the country.
We will always follow your behests and continue your traditions. We will continue to work hard and achieve success for the sake of the prosperity and greatness of Russia. And the light of your victories, your courage, your parting words will strengthen us on this path.
Happy holiday! Happy Great Victory Day! Hooray!
After the president's speech, a minute of silence and gun shots, the parade itself began. Jewelry coherence, precision of movements down to the millimeter. There are more than 13 thousand military personnel in a single formation. These are students of the Suvorov and Nakhimov schools, cadets, cadets of famous military academies, as well as representatives of all branches of the military - a total of 33 parade squads. In a single formation, officers, sergeants and soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, representatives of the Russian Guard, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Federal Security Service, as well as participants in the Yunarmiya movement, took steps.
The equipment followed along Red Square. A fascinating sight, beauty and power!
Ahead is a tank from the Great Patriotic War - T-34, accompanied by all-terrain vehicles with the standards of 10 fronts. Next comes modern equipment: multi-purpose armored vehicles "Typhoon", "Tiger-M" with combat modules "Crossbow" and anti-tank systems "Kornet", infantry fighting vehicles and new vehicles "Kurganets". Behind them are the T-14 Armata tank, T-72 tanks and a new item in this year’s parade - the Terminator tank support combat vehicles. Particular attention was paid to them. In addition, “Coalition-SV” artillery systems and “Msta-S” self-propelled howitzers. They were followed by a division of Iskander-M missile systems, Buk-M2 and Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems. Then Arctic equipment in white and gray coloring appeared on Red Square. And behind them are the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft systems and the S-400 Triumph systems. Also premiering at the gala review were the Uran robots, Katran and Corsair drones. They were transported on special cargo platforms.
Well, the culmination of the parade is an aviation flyover over Red Square. The weather this year is great for pilots and spectators! 75 planes and helicopters flew over Moscow. The first to appear were helicopters, including the Mi-26, Mi-8 and Ka-52. In addition, the Tu-160 strategic missile carriers, Tu-22MZ and Tu-95MS long-range bombers took part in the parade. One of the most spectacular episodes - the fuel Il-78 and Tu-160 simulated aerial refueling over Red Square. After the flight of four MiG-29 light fighters, Su-24M front-line bombers, MiG-31BM interceptors and Su-34 fighter-bombers, the newcomers of this parade appeared in the sky - a pair of the newest 5th generation Su-57 fighters. Special attention is paid to them.
As well as the newest aviation complexes “Dagger” - the same ones that Vladimir Putin spoke about in his message to the Federal Assembly in February of this year. MiG-31 aircraft are armed with hypersonic missiles. And, of course, today the audience saw a “tactical wing” in the sky - this is the name of a combat formation consisting of 10 aircraft. The air groups "Swifts" and "Russian Knights" took part in the parade. And towards the end, the sky above the capital was painted in the colors of the Russian flag by 6 Su-25 attack aircraft.
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Traditional analysis of the ritual and organizational components of the 2018 Victory Parade on Red Square.
This is a post-Soviet parade №25
(since 1995).
1. Guests of the parade are Israeli Prime Minister B. Netanyahu and Serbian President A. Vucic ( By the way, Israel celebrates Victory Day not on the 8th, but also on the 9th of May). The re-appointed Prime Minister Dm is going with Putin. Medvedev. The warmth is not like last abnormally cold year, people are wearing jackets.
2. Ceremony of bringing in the flags - the State Flag of the Russian Federation first, the Victory Banner second. The exception was in the anniversary year of 2015, when the Victory Banner was brought into Red Square first. The Znamenny group comes out to the music “Get up, huge country, get up for mortal combat!”
4. On both sides of Putin on the main podium are veterans.
5. Shoigu’s departure from the Spassky Gate. At the entrance to the square, the minister traditionally crosses himself (under the gate icon).
6. This is the sixth parade of Defense Minister S.K. Shoigu. The parade is commanded by Colonel General Oleg Salyukov, Commander of the Ground Forces - for the 4th time.
7. For the second year in a row, the dress uniform is new ( standing collars and “coil” buttonholes, as under late Stalin. The uniform with ties has disappeared), but we’ve already gotten used to it; there was a sensation only last year.
8. Putin's speech. The term “Great Patriotic War” is specially articulated at the beginning. The enemies are the Nazis, Nazism. Mentioned the USSR at the beginning: " Soviet Union determined the outcome of the war." A little further: " Soviet the people did not flinch when other states chose shame over capitulation." The "Immortal Regiment" was mentioned (for the first time). Also, "aggressive nationalism" as a challenge to the world.
9. New format for a minute of silence: with a loud metronome echoing over the square.
10. After the speech - the national anthem performed by orchestra and with a cannon salute.
11. Pseudo-generals and fake heroes in the stands: -------------- (I didn’t notice it the first time I watched it). If anyone notices something suspicious, be sure to write in the comments where and when.
12. The parade is opened by a company of drummers from the music school. Then - the company of the Moscow, (after) the Tver IED, the Sevastopol Nakhimovites. During the time of Serdyukov (late 2000s), Suvorov soldiers at the parade were canceled for some time. For the first time - cadets of the Russian Guard troops.
13. Column of the "Youth Army" after the Suvorov-Nakhimovites. In sand uniform and red berets.
14. After them come boxes of military academies and universities.
15. The passage of columns in the stands is greeted standing. This time, even all the veterans are standing next to Putin.
16. Stupid angles straight from the paving stones - from below to the feet of those walking.
17. For the third time at the parade there is a large column of only women. Nowadays the combination of white skirts and black boots was criticized on the Internet :)
18. Camera angles of the camouflaged Mausoleum are often shown; they are no longer avoided as before.
19. For the first time at the parade there is a column of military police.
20. Without exception, all participants in the parade columns have St. George’s ribbons on the right side.
21. Column of the Russian Guard (formerly the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs). Name F.D. Dzerzhinsky was retained in the division title. It is interesting that the title of the FSB Border Institute is mentioned in conjunction with the Order of the October Revolution :) Division named after. Yu.V. Andropova also kept her name.
22. The Cossacks were not noticed among the columns.
23. The technique begins with the passage of a T-34 with a large USSR flag. Then - the standards of 10 fronts of the Great Patriotic War.
24. During the passage of equipment on the main stand, everyone sat down (including Putin). Last year they stood.
25. T-14 “Armata” are at the parade for the fourth time. The Terminator tank support vehicle is also mentioned (what a bourgeois word they chose!). Then come artillery systems in increasing calibers and then air defense missiles.
26. "Iskander", then "Smerch". The uniform emblem of the 2017 model on the sides of the equipment has been retained. The Arctic Brigade marches in column at the Parade for the second time.
27. S-400 "Triumph", and there are a lot of words about it in the broadcast.
28. Demining systems "Uran". There are also UAVs on tractor platforms.
29. For the first time, a convoy of Russian Guard vehicles was turned on (again “Tigers” and some other armored vehicles).
30. Yars are coming from the Strategic Missile Forces. The column is closed by Boomerangs with flags of the armed forces.
31. Aviation part of the parade (the weather is good). Last year it didn't take place.
32. After the helicopters, immediately “White Swans” Tu-160. Three Tu-95s were also presented.
33. Oh, the 5th generation Su-57s are flying for the first time. It didn't exist before.
34. Also fresh is the MiG-31 with dazzling white “Daggers” under the fuselage. They go in pairs.
35. Putin, Netanyahu and the Serbian president on the podium are mixed with WWII veterans. For some reason Medvedev doesn’t appear in the frame, where is he? UPD - well, they showed him, sixth from the right.
36. Drum-musical number of the orchestra members, directly as a separate part, after the departure of the equipment. New.
37. The orchestra traditionally leaves the square singing a cappella “We are the army of the country, we are the army of the people,” then to “Farewell of the Slav.” Everyone stands up. Putin says goodbye to the veterans on the podium.
38. After the end of the parade, Putin greets all the commanders of the parade columns and shakes their hands (without Medvedev). Everyone quickly introduces themselves to the president who they are. Among others is the Chief of the General Staff of the Youth Army in beige. Shoigu accompanies him. One of the column commanders, out of excitement, misses the word “Supreme” (“Comrade Supreme Commander-in-Chief”) in his title. TV shows this ceremony closely and in full.
39. After - a greeting to all the veterans of the first row on the main stand under the guise of the Mausoleum. There’s even a Suvorov soldier standing there, he salutes out of excitement, but Putin gives him his hand and shakes it.
39. Then Putin, the Israeli Netanyahu and the Serb Vucic, plus accompanying people, go to the Alexander Garden. Netanyahu also attached a St. George ribbon to his jacket.
40. Was Mikhail Gorbachev seen in the stands? Write if anyone notices it. The stands with spectators showed very little, I didn’t see them.
41. The broadcast comes from the Alexander Garden. The melody from the film "Officers" is playing.
42. Putin walks around the long row of the Cabinet of Ministers. Visible in the row of both Mutko and Golikov. I didn’t notice Rogozin.
43. To the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, to the accompaniment of mourning music, the military carries three large wreaths at once - under the Russian, Israeli and Serbian flags. Then the anthems of all three countries are performed.
44. The Serbian is extremely tall, a head taller than Putin.
45. Passage of the Honor Guard company along those who laid wreaths and flowers.
46. They show laying flowers at the steles of hero cities, Putin lays carnations at Kyiv and Minsk, then at the others.
47. The broadcast ends only at 11.45, unusually long this time.
PS. HD version of the parade:
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Previously on the same topic:
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On May 9, military parades dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War were held in Moscow and dozens of other Russian cities.
Among the several thousand spectators on Red Square were heads of state, Russian officials, veterans, relatives and acquaintances of Parade participants. Medialeaks has selected five people whom you did not notice (most likely) if you watched the broadcast of federal channels.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
In the second half of the Parade, many social network users began to wonder where Dmitry Medvedev was. Usually, at all official events, the prime minister’s figure is captured by cameras, no matter where he sits. But this time everyone was surprised that it was not shown at all on state TV. Some joked that Medvedev overslept, others argued that he was shown briefly at the beginning.
Soon the press service of the Russian government dispelled all the rumors and published photographs with Medvedev.
Alexander "Surgeon" Zaldostanov
The leader of the Night Wolves, the biker whom Western media call “Putin’s biker,” was not shown at all on federal channels. Zaldostanov was at the Parade and even sat in the same row with war veterans. He and other bikers couldn’t get to Berlin, but he got to Red Square without difficulty.
Steven Seagal
A good friend of Vladimir Putin, on whom hopes were even pinned for restoring relations between Russia and the United States, actor Steven Seagal, unexpectedly for many, also attended the Victory Parade. Bloggers and the media noticed the American actor quite soon after the start of the Parade, after which all agencies and portals began writing about Seagal’s appearance.
Nikita Mikhalkov
Russian actor and director Nikita Mikhalkov, who recently made a name for himself with the project, also attended the Victory Parade
Kim Chen In
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will come to Moscow due to domestic matters, which became known two weeks before the Parade. Before this, the Kremlin announced preparations for his visit, and on social networks they anticipated Kim Jong-un’s appearance in Moscow.
Despite the official refusal, some spotted a man resembling the North Korean leader on the streets of Moscow.
(But this, of course, is not him).
In total, about 30 world leaders were present at the Parade, among whom there were practically no heads of Western states. In his speech at the opening of the Parade, Putin thanked everyone who came, and also recalled the dangers of a unipolar world and the cessation of international cooperation.
The last time a Russian leader climbed onto the podium of the Mausoleum, an iconic Soviet building reminiscent of a Mesopotamian ziggurat, was in 1996. Since then, the rulers of our country have avoided doing this, trying to completely cover the Mausoleum during parades with shields from the side of Red Square.
The military parade held in Moscow on May 9 in honor of the 66th anniversary of the Victory (another six is missing for complete Kabbalism) caused a storm of indignation among domestic patriots. For example, they were indignant because the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, President Dmitry Medvedev, received the parade as a spectator, that is, while sitting. Next to him were Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin I and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov.
Some patriots were surprised by the uniform of the Russian troops marching in the parade - it was not even ceremonial at all, but rather sadly monotonous. Among the decorations - only stingy St. George ribbons on the chests of the soldiers:
Due to a shortage of either tanks, or diesel fuel, or something else, tankers from the Kantemirovskaya division (brigade) near Moscow walked along Red Square on foot:
The officers' "boxes" at the parade were carried out without bladed weapons. Things were also very bad with new types of technology.
As Vladislav Shurygin, deputy editor-in-chief of Prokhanov’s publication Zavtra, angrily wrote on his blog, the passage of equipment was extremely scanty and wretched.
“Several “Tigers” are “unpretentious and reliable” - with American engines. A T-90 company, a BTR-80 company, self-propelled guns “MstaS”, “Cubes”, “Smerch” and other Soviet “devices” from twenty years ago. The only “phenomenon” was the rollout of the Pantsir air defense system, a completely dead-end and extremely weak system, whose pushing into the troops is an example of lobbying and corruption.”
However, again, few of the patriots paid attention to the strange and mysterious pattern that has been repeating over the past 14 years - during the parade, the country’s leadership did not rise to the podium of Lenin’s Mausoleum. Moreover, it was again blocked from Red Square with shields with holiday symbols:
According to Russian nationalist conspiracy theorists, the Mausoleum of Vladimir Lenin was built according to the model and likeness of religious buildings of ancient Mesopotamia - ziggurats. And he worked like an energy machine, sucking energy from thousands of participants in parades and processions in the USSR. In Soviet times, in addition to the parade on May 9 (it started in the USSR on an ongoing basis since 1965), on Red Square there were also processions on May 1 and a parade on November 7. Thus, this energy fueled the communist “god” - the so-called teraphim, into which the mummy of “Lenin” was turned (there are serious reasons to doubt the authenticity of “Ilyich” in the tomb, since the leader’s body had become rotten before the first, clumsy mummification), and he in turn, influenced the brains of Soviet people, making them stupid.
The version, of course, is specific, but it is no worse than the official one, according to which the entire working Soviet people in a single impulse decided to mummify the body of a genius and place it in the main square of the country.
The last time former candidate member of the Politburo and member of the CPSU Central Committee Boris Yeltsin climbed onto the podium of the Mausoleum was in 1996. Since then, the rulers of Russia have been afraid to climb the tomb of Vladimir Lenin.
No clear reasons are given for this behavior anywhere. It looks even more strange in the context of the policy pursued in the Russian Federation to approve Stalinism - unspoken on the part of the ruling tandem and quite obvious at a lower level.
At the same time, the Russian authorities consider the burial of “Lenin’s mummy” inappropriate. At one time, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin I said:
“The country lived under the monopoly of the CPSU for 70 years. This is the time of life of an entire generation, and many people associate their own lives with the name Lenin. For them, Lenin’s burial will mean that they worshiped false values, set false goals for themselves and that their lives were lived in vain.”
Such touching concern for the preservation of the Soviet mythological system in the minds of his subjects also existed during the reign of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin II (Dmitry Medvedev). Every year in January, a discussion arises in Russian society about the burial of the “body” of the leader of the world proletariat, and every year this discussion naturally subsides. In 2011, even the CPSU No. 2, United Russia, came up with the idea of burying Ulyanov-Lenin (more precisely, all the mummies of Ilyich in the Mausoleum). The result is the same.
As the experience of Eastern European countries shows, even where communist sentiments were strong, nothing terrible happened after the demolition of the “mausoleums” and the burial of the “mummies.” For example, in Bulgaria in 1992 Georgi Dimitrov was removed from his own “mausoleum”, and in 1999 this building itself was demolished.
In Mongolia, in 2005, the “double” mausoleum of Sukhbaatar and Choibolsan was quietly demolished and their ashes were buried. This did not have any serious political consequences. Finally, it is enough to recall the recent history of the USSR. In 1953-1961, in the tomb on Red Square there were two mummies at once - Lenin and Stalin. However, the latter was secretly taken out of the Mausoleum in 1961. For some reason, this did not cause any explosion of “popular discontent” and hysteria among the multi-million army of “Stalinists” (did it even exist then?).
Most domestic communists and patriots, even those who oppose the demolition of the Mausoleum, are not interested in Lenin himself. They consider Stalin to be the political father of the post-Soviet “nation,” and not at all a provincial intellectual from the era of Tsarist Russia. Numerous works of Lenin (not to mention Stalin) are unlikely to have been read even by the leaders of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, who poorly form the letters from the text written for them.
In addition, the topic of the huge Kremlin necropolis seems undeservedly forgotten - hundreds of people are buried there, many of whom are unknown even to venerable historians. Why and for what purposes the materialist communists created such a cemetery in the Kremlin is also not really known.
Apparently, the current rulers of Russia are wary of both the Mausoleum and the Kremlin in general, preferring to spend most of their time in their country residences. Probably the reason for this lies in the fact that the structure with the mummy(s) located in it became a little “broken” or began to function “incorrectly” somehow. How to fix the malfunction is still not clear, although they have been struggling with this problem for more than 20 years.
The last attempt to “launch” the ziggurat in 1996 was unsuccessful. However, it was considered premature to throw valuable “equipment” into a landfill. There may even be hope for its restoration.
But so far this has not happened, and our current leaders, who can hardly be suspected of neglecting their health, are trying to keep their distance from the “sacred ziggurat”. This, by the way, is a clear hint for all Muscovites and guests of the capital visiting Red Square.
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Published 05/10/11 16:55The country's leadership received the Victory Parade, “sitting and chatting merrily.”
The military parade in honor of the 66th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War attracted the attention of Russian bloggers. They “convicted” the state leaders of showing disrespect for the military and veterans, since for the first time they sat in the stands for some time, Moskovsky Komsomolets reports.
President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov watched the parade from the podium. While greeting the military personnel, they stood, but later sat down. They immediately spread across the Internet intkbbach passages about how the country's leadership does not respect officers. They say that with its “sitting” it humiliated veterans and parade participants.
One of the first to notice that Putin and Medvedev sat down on the chairs was the presenter of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Vladimir Varfolomeev.
“Why does the Supreme Commander-in-Chief accept a military parade while sitting, is this how it’s supposed to be?” asks Varfolomeev in his blog. “Or is he now a simple spectator?”
At the same time, journalist and publisher Andrei Malgin was concerned with a similar issue. “Isn’t my friend feed lying that the Supreme Commander-in-Chief took part in the military parade not standing, but lounging on chairs?” – Malgin asks in LiveJournal, to which he receives a lot of responses from readers of his blog.
As journalist Oleg Kozyrev notes in LiveJournal, if the president is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, he is a participant in the parade, not a spectator, which means he receives the parade along with all the military personnel - that is, he must stand. However, others justify the leaders, saying that Serdyukov and Medvedev are “civilians, which means, in theory, they can sit.”
New Region correspondents also note that until 2010, such an argument did not prevent top officials from receiving the parade standing, and Leonid Brezhnev “three days before his death, he stood very ill for the entire parade.”
The Kremlin explained the situation to RIA Novosti’s source: “The country’s leadership highly appreciated the holding of the parade and the work of the Russian Ministry of Defense in organizing the ceremonial events. It was a truly patriotic spectacle. It’s nice that there were a lot of veterans in the stands, as in previous years.”
A representative of the Kremlin press service recalled: five years ago it was decided that guests of the parade, veterans - elderly people who find it difficult to stand for more than an hour - could admire the procession while sitting.
“This decision from year to year allows the largest possible number of veterans to attend the parade on this great day,” said the agency’s interlocutor. By the way, in 2010, during the anniversary Victory Parade on Red Square, Medvedev and Putin also sat.