Article 75GCK What a scaled-back Victory Day Parade and growing security concerns say about Putin's Russia

What a scaled-back Victory Day Parade and growing security concerns say about Putin's Russia

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Russia's annual Victory Day Parade is typically about pomp, circumstance and military might. But the event being held in Moscow on Saturday will lack the usual show of ballistic missiles and tanks. Meanwhile, a leaked security brief from a European intelligence agency claims that President Vladimir Putin has tightened his personal security and faces increased threats of assassination and coup attempts. The World's Host Carolyn Beeler learns more from Sam Greene, a professor of Russian politics at King's College London.

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