Thousands gather for Russia's Victory Day parade as Covid-19 cases pass 600k

Event comes as country prepares to vote on constitutional changes that would allow Putin to remain in power until 2036

Few face masks could be seen on the Red Square as Vladimir Putin hosted foreign leaders and war veterans, now in their 90s, at the country's Victory Day military parade, which came the number of coronavirus cases in Russia surpassed 600,000.

Thousands of Muscovites ignored calls to stay home and crowded along Tverskaya Street and near the Kremlin to see tanks, artillery pieces, and ICBMs make their way through Moscow and onto the Red Square, where the parade marked the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.