Historic V-Day March in Rusia Marks Nazi Defeat

A historic march in Moscow marking the defeat of Nazi Germany 70 years ago, is the largest V-Day commemoration in decades, with the participation of 60,000 military personnel and 200,000 relatives of war veterans. Russia lost 27 million lives in the war, a fact noted by Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a call for greater international cooperation. Putin noted that “Hitler’s mad gamble became a lesson for the whole world.” In the 1930s, “enlightened Europe did not see the deadly threat of the Nazi ideology,” he said, warning that 70 years later, it is crucial to be mindful of the disastrous consequences of an ideology of “racial superiority and uniqueness.” teleSUR