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Steve Rosenberg: This year's Victory Day parade in Moscow felt very different
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- Steve Rosenberg Russia editor, Moscow Steve Rosenberg: Scaled-back Victory Parade in Moscow's Red Square I've attended many Victory Day parades on Red Square.
- This year's version felt very different.
- In previous years I've had to sprint from the media bus that normally parks up by St Basils' Cathedral, in order to nab a decent spot in the press area at the side of the square.
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Steve Rosenberg Russia editor, Moscow Steve Rosenberg: Scaled-back Victory Parade in Moscow's Red Square I've attended many Victory Day parades on Red Square.
This year's version felt very different.
In previous years I've had to sprint from the media bus that normally parks up by St Basils' Cathedral, in order to nab a decent spot in the press area at the side of the square.
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