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In Russia, May 9 is Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in the World War II. In a tradition inherited from the Soviet Union, Russian leaders mark Victory Day with speeches and a grand military parade through Moscow’s Red Square.During Vladimir Putin’s 22 years leading Russia, WWII and the Victory Day parade have played a pivotal propaganda role. The Kremlin revised and manipulated WWII history to indoctrinate Russians with the false narrative that the country is under siege from an aggressive West, and that disputing this view is Russophobia.Although that narrative has been widely debunked, Putin doubled down on it in this year’s Victory Day speech with numerous outright falsehoods or misleading statements.He claimed that the bloody war against Ukraine was in defense of the Motherland"" to eliminate "Nazis;" that Russia’s occupation forces in Ukraine were "fighting on their own soil;" and that American veterans wanted to celebrate Victory Day in Moscow but were banned from travel by the U.S. government.Here's why that’s propaganda."Executioners
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