{{President Vladimir Putin has praised Russian soldiers as “the liberators of Europe” at a Victory Day parade with more than 11,000 soldiers and 100 military vehicles on Red Square.}}<\/p>\n
“We will always remember that it was the Red Army that didn’t allow the fascists to occupy the world,” Putin said a speech at the parade Thursday.<\/p>\n
He ended the speech by saying, “Glory to Russia!” a slogan often used by the nationalist politicians.<\/p>\n
The parade was attended by veterans, government officials and foreign guests and chaired for the first time by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, whose Cabinet lost a senior member with the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov a day earlier, stood beside Putin at the event, but a Channel One anchorwomen didn’t mention his name when both leaders shook hands with veterans.<\/p>\n
“President Putin is shaking hands with veterans,” she said.<\/p>\n
Cadets from a Rostov region Cossacks military academy took part in the parade for the first time since 1945, a move that seemed to raise the profile of the Cossacks, who are now used to help police in patrolling streets in southern Russian regions. <\/p>\n
Krasnodar Governor Alexander Tkachyov has said Cossacks also would help maintain order in the city of Krasnodar.<\/p>\n
Cossacks on horseback took part in the first Victory Parade in May 1945 to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.<\/p>\n
Among the marchers were soldiers from a Kantemirovskaya tank division that bears the name of former Soviet leader Yury Andropov.<\/p>\n
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