No superweapons, no airplanes, just Vladimir Putin himself, hiding a bulletproof vest under his coat – that was the parade to mark the “day of the victory” in Moscow. An event that shone with lies instead of glory.
He wanted a place in history – as the winner, as the man who “historical Russian territories”, as he calls it, reunited. And Vladimir Putin gets his place in history. However, not the one he would like to have. Even the glory of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany no longer rubs off on him.
As Putin steps into Red Square at 9 a.m. local time, 77 years after the end of World War II, he has one goal: to equate his war in Ukraine with the Soviet triumph over Hitler. How he intended to accomplish this feat without using the word war remains his secret. Unsurprisingly, the feat fails.
Lonely Vladimir Putin
Putin’s appearance on May 9 was anxiously awaited: what would he do? Call for general mobilization? Officially declare war on Ukraine?
None of that happens. Instead, the world sees a man suffocating in his loneliness. Not a single international representative was willing to witness Putin’s charade. No one was invited because there was no anniversary to celebrate, the Kremlin said beforehand. A flimsy explanation. For the past 20 years, Putin has not been bothered by this fact and at least knew behind him the presidents of those countries that once won victory over Nazi Germany together with Russia.
Old boxes instead of miracle weapons
In 2022, it will only be his lackey Sergei Shoigu standing by Putin. And the secretary of defense doesn’t have much to offer. No silver bullets, no Kinshah hypersonic air-to-surface missiles, no super torpedoes — all that rumbles across Red Square in front of Putin are old crates that make good fuel.
A few minutes before the parade, it is announced that no tanks will roll over the cobblestones. No planes can be seen over Moscow that day either. The air show is canceled in the morning – because the weather is bad, the Kremlin claims. But where? Blue skies and scattered clouds can be seen over the Russian capital. Meteorological services certify a visibility of ten kilometers.
The Orwellian fairy tale
This contradiction does not escape the Kremlin’s propaganda. On state television, millions of Muscovites are told in every third sentence that the weather is bad outside – they just can’t see it.
In fact, Putin is said to no longer have enough planes to show them at the parade. This rumor made the rounds in Moscow a few days ago. The Orwellian fairy tale of bad weather will not invalidate them. Especially since there were times when the clouds were broken up with chemicals to allow planes to draw the Russian tricolor in the sky.
And so it is on this 77. “day of the victory” not the roar of engines evoking the end of the bloodiest war in human history, but a lone man in a concealed bulletproof vest, guarded by a small army of intelligence agents, wallowing in the heroism of others to avoid seeing his own defeat.
Source: Stern
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