Russian President Putin will preside Wednesday over a military blowout to celebrate 75 years since Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II. The parade has taken on additional meaning for the Kremlin: as a declaration of victory over the virus itself.
Putin announced the parade a month ago, on May 26,"since the situation in the country as a whole, including in the majority of the regions and in the armed forces, remains stable and is stabilizing in other regions after we reached the peak of the outbreak."hasn't markedly improved. Rather than reporting 9,000 new cases per day, Russia's daily new cases in recent days have fluctuated from 8,000 to 7,500.
They're being told it's safe to return to restaurants and to their workplaces — and as of Tuesday, they're even being told it's safe to go back to the gym. But, in the Kremlin, greater precautions remain to keep Putin isolated from the virus even as Russians are encouraged to go to the polls. World War II veterans who will sit next to Putin at Wednesday's parade have been quarantined for two weeks at a resort outside Moscow. And state media reported that everyone who visits Putin at his private residence must enter through a disinfection tunnel.
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