Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov has answered a question of journalists on possibility of cancellation of the Victory parade on 9 may. He once again said that the Kremlin is considering various options. “If and when a decision is made, the President will report you. Let’s wait for when the President will announce his decision,” Peskov said, stressing that “while no position is not articlerabies”.
According to sources, the cancellation of the parade on may 9 and transfers it to another date may be announced today – in the afternoon, the President held a meeting with members of the security Council.
the Issue has long been discussed, but the reality of the migration became apparent after an appeal to veterans to Vladimir Putin in which they asked to take the “difficult but fair decision” on the event to another date that will allow the epidemiological situation.
as one of the options is the beginning of September. On the eve of the state Duma suddenly moved the Day of the end of world war II on September 2, when was signed the capitulation of Japan, on the 3rd. As explained by the deputies, this date “symbolizes the transition from war to peace, the search for ways of peaceful coexistence and cooperation.”
However, on 3 September is also the Day of solidarity in fight against terrorism: in 2004, during the assault of the captured school in Beslan were killed 333 people, including 186 children. The HRC has already said that think it’s inappropriate to hold a celebration of the end of World war II in Day of memory of victims of Beslan.
the Chairman of the Duma Committee on defense Vladimir Shamanov as a possible date for the review of military crews and equipment also called
on 24 June, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the parade of winners, who in 1945 commanded by Marshal Zhukov.
the failure of the may 9 parade can be dictated not only care of the veterans, but also the inability to organize commemorative activities as originally planned, those with the participation of world leaders. Although, according to Peskov, the Kremlin does not withdraw the invitation, it is obvious that most of the presidents of the pandemic coronavirus will not be able to come to Moscow.
it is Worth noting that the military all this time spent in rehearsal on the Alabino, where he was an exact copy of red square, and, it seems, knew nothing of the impending cancellation. So, on April 15 in Moscow, was transferred planes and helicopters units of the Western military district for participation in the aerial part of the parade.
