Putin’s show before the parade: “We will win as against the Nazis”

MOSCA – In front of the Bolshoi theater a huge red and golden star was mounted with the inscriptions Pobeda, Vittoria, and Sssr, an acronym in Cyrillic for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Someone pointed out that this is the replica of the Medal of the Order of Victory, the highest and rarest Soviet military honor, granted in history to only 13 commanders.