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Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, oversaw a muted parade in Moscow for Victory Day on 9 May, which celebrates the Soviet Union\\u2019s triumph over Nazi Germany. Where in previous years there have been grand shows of military might, this year there was a single, Second World War-era, tank. Rather than a show of force, the parade showed how a year of war in Ukraine has degraded Russia\\u2019s military. Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, meanwhile, reinforced his country\\u2019s turn towards the West.

Katie Stallard in Washington DC, and Jeremy Cliffe and Ido Vock in Berlin, analyse what the pared-back celebrations in Moscow say about the Kremlin\\u2019s relationship with its citizens. Next, they turn to Turkey, where Recep Tayyip Erdo\\u011fan faces the sternest electoral challenge of his presidency.

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