Russians remember WW2 with victory on their minds

Steve Rosenberg

BBC Russia editor

BBC A photo showing men wearing World War Two military uniforms lying on their stomachs in the grass in front of a river. On the other side of the river plumes of smoke are erupting into the cloudy skyBBC

Eighty miles from Moscow, a park echoes to the sound of explosions and gunfire.

As plumes of thick grey smoke rise into the air, the Red Army storms across a bridge and battles for control of a tiny island. More…

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