Kremlin Cancels Preparations For May 9 Massive Victory Parade And Immortal Regiment March

Russian President Vladimir Putin. © Alexei Druzhinin/Russian presidential press service/TASS

TASS: Putin postpones preparations for May 9 parade, Immortal Regiment march

The Immortal Regiment march is also put on hold, the president informed, adding that both events are due later this year, when the threat of the novel coronavirus recedes

NOVO-OGARYOVO, April 16. /TASS/. On Thursday, at a meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced postponement of the preparations for the Victory Day Parade on May 9 marking the 75th anniversary of the USSR’s Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

"There is already less than a month left before the Victory Day and now we face an uneasy and, let us say straight, a hard choice: both May 9 is a sacred date for us and the life of every person is priceless," the Russian leader said.

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