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Monday, May 09, 2011
Russia flexes nuclear muscle on Victory Day
Russia was due Monday to march 20,000 soldiers and its most advanced missiles across Red Square in a parade marking victory in World War II and reinforcing the country's belief in its Soviet-era might.
But the annual show of force has been clouded by renewed doubts about the wisdom of staging the costly exhibition and reports that Islamist militants have been planning to undermine the celebration by staging new attacks.
A well-rehearsed 1,500-piece orchestra will set the tone to the hour-long procession by booming out festive marches as President Dmitry Medvedev watches from a podium in front of Lenin's mausoleum.
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