Moscow V-Day Parade highlights - YouTube

Moscow V-Day Parade highlights - YouTube:

What do I find interesting about this video coverage? It is from the Xinhua news agency, the official news agency of Communist China, and highlights interaction of Xi Jinping, President of China, and Vladimir Putin at the parade. In fact, this parade was effectively boycotted by Western leaders and Jinping was the most prominent foreign leader in attendance (another interesting attendee? President al-Sisi of Egypt).

This parade honors probably the most important Russian secular holiday, Victory Day, commemorating defeat of the Nazis and the deaths of over 26 million Soviet citizens. This was the 70th anniversary of Victory Day, and so a particularly important anniversary.

The Western political clash with Putin over the Ukraine has led to Putin turning east to China for improved relations, politically and economically. I am not defending Putin over his handling of the Ukraine situation, but the level of grievance with the West is high, and personal.

A cornerstone of US foreign policy is to prevent any power  or alliance from dominating the Eurasian landmass and surrounding waters. The checkers-playing idiot in the White House should keep an eye on this Chinese-Russian relationship....



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