prepare a unusual May 9th In Moscow. 800 kilometers from the Russian capital, a brutal war is underway and the security climate is tense following allegations by the Russian authorities of drone attacks on the Kremlin and other sabotage. The deeds for the Victory Day on the Nazis, which will take place this Tuesday in Russiawill be reduced and will be held below very strict surveillance.
so you could see in trials.
It’s a long four-day weekend, and many Muscovites have taken the opportunity to go to the countryside.
Also on the eve of the celebration, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky he assured that Russia “will be defeated as Nazism was defeated”.
empty and cold streets
It’s also very cold for May, only a few degrees above 0°Ctherefore the streets of the capital are unusually quiet and almost empty.
Also unusual: some posters celebrating may 9th (anniversary of the victory of the Soviet troops over Nazi Germany), and the famous orange and brown St. George ribbons that mark this day which is not very visible, barely perceptible in the windows or in the buttonholes of the few onlookers who have approached.
There were few passengers on the subway, all the downtown stations were closed and iThe police presence was visible.
The fenced center
Outside it was even more imposing, and more and more as you got closer to the center of the city, which it was bordered by barriers.
resorted to all law enforcement agencies: plainclothes police, uniformed police, Omon (riot control), Rosgvardia (national guard).
According to the media outlet Baza, which has reputation for being close to the security servicesthey even received anti-drone weapons and binoculars to scan the sky. City Hall staff also got to work monitoring the air.
Behind the barriers that surround the city center, control is final: “Do you have an invitation? No? So you can’t enter”.
You have to crane your neck to see some military vehicles arriving at night.
Away, at best, just over a kilometer from the events, even patriots or tourists have to listen for the echoes of the artillery salute at the foot of the Kremlin walls.
“Yes, this year is difficult due to events. But still, I think anyone wants to see it, always will find a way and where to do it,” says a visitor who came from Krasnodar specifically for the event, as he has been doing for four years.
“watch it on tvit’s better this way”, advises one of the many policemen who are several blocks from Red Square.
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Source: Clarin
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