VLADIMIR PUTIN vowed yesterday that the Russian people would never be enslaved as he led commemorations of the Soviet victory over nazism.
Military parades and marches in memory of the Immortal Regiment — those who fought and died to defeat fascism in World War II — were held across Russia, the former USSR and beyond.
Mr Putin presided over the annual military parade in Moscow’s Red Square.

As Britain marks 80 years since defeating fascism, it finds itself in a proxy war against Russia over Ukraine — DANIEL POWELL examines Churchill’s secret plan to attack our Soviet allies in 1945 and traces how Nato expansion, a Western-backed coup and neo-nazi activism contributed to todays' devastating conflict

As Moscow celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Nazi defeat without Western allies in attendance, the EU even sanctions nations choosing to attend, revealing how completely the USSR's sacrifice of 27 million lives has been erased, argues KATE CLARK