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RUSSIA

Russia quarantines thousands of troops after calling off Red Square parade

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s ministry of defence said on Monday it had ordered thousands of troops into a two-week quarantine after a vast Red Square military parade in Moscow they had been rehearsing for was called off because of the novel coronavirus pandemic...

...Up to 15,000 troops were due to parade alongside military hardware on May 9 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s World War Two victory, an event the Kremlin hoped would showcase Russia’s military and diplomatic clout. ..

Reuters
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-quarantines-thousands-of-troops-after-calling-off-red-square-parade/ar-BB12Vm6i?ocid=spartanntp


669 posted on 04/20/2020 7:56:03 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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It’s just the flu bro...tell those fearbros the parade must go on...


677 posted on 04/20/2020 8:05:39 PM PDT by amorphous
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