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[Strongpoint]

Insofar as "kids dressed as soldiers", I'm less condemnational about. I remember dressing as a pirate[1]when I was 9ish. I don't think either myself or my parents[2] wished to force anyone to walk the plank.

Look, if a kid is dressed as a soldier wearing a tank costume, there are many possibilities

1) A kid wants to put on such a costume, parents (or other adults) helped him\her to get such costume. It is perfectly normal.
2) Militaristic-minded parents put this kind of costume on their child, it is less normal but usually those parents just see this as a proper upbringing.
3) A group of militaristic-minded parents organizes a joined event with many children wearing military uniform\costumes. Here we are entering into a crinhy and somewhat dangerous territory. For example, far-rights love to do such kind of stuff all over the world.
4) Some organization\institution puts this kind of costume on a group of children. NOT NORMAL. Especially if this is a governmental institution
5) State mandates to dress children this way on some occasions. Hello, fascism.

To be fair, Russia is yet to reach #5. This kind of stuff is encouraged but not enforced. The video above is an initiative of this one kindergarten's staff. If young women get such ideas... It is very worrisome.

[Starver]

And "Oh, hi Fascism. Did you sleep well? Yeah, I tried the sofa, because you were hogging my bed. Again! Didn't you say you'd only be here a week, two at the most?" (i.e. Stage 6) is where the state mandates uniforms on all occasions.

(One thing the Nazis were good at was uniforms. Assuming you were the kind of person who was complient to them. - Those that weren't tended to get various badges, instead.)

[KittyTac]

That's a seriously disturbing clip. Kids dressed as soldiers and tanks. Even if (or especially if) that's a yearly thing to have kids participate in the May 9th parade, it's disgusting.

It's not a yearly thing as far as I know, but now it's a thing you know why.

[Lord Shonus]

(One thing the Nazis were good at was uniforms.)

Nazi uniforms were actually quite terrible. They were designed for the literal parade ground and were absolute shit in the field. Perhaps most importantly, it took as much labor to produce 4-10 US/UK/USSR uniforms (depending on the exact bit of kit) as it did to make one Nazi equivalent. It was also worse at distributing weight, more uncomfortable, and less durable.

[Starver]

(One thing the Nazis were good at was uniforms.)

Nazi uniforms were actually quite terrible. They were designed for the literal parade ground and were absolute shit in the field. Perhaps most importantly, it took as much labor to produce 4-10 US/UK/USSR uniforms (depending on the exact bit of kit) as it did to make one Nazi equivalent. It was also worse at distributing weight, more uncomfortable, and less durable.

Yeah, impractical[1], but as far as appearances went they were Das Boss, right?

[1] And some went overboard with the totenkopf insignia...

[brewer bob]

That's a seriously disturbing clip. Kids dressed as soldiers and tanks. Even if (or especially if) that's a yearly thing to have kids participate in the May 9th parade, it's disgusting.

It's not a yearly thing as far as I know, but now it's a thing you know why.

Ah, there just was somebody on Twitter saying it was a yearly thing, but maybe they just meant the parade in general and I misunderstood.

[Lord Shonus]

So, I'm hearing from other places that Putin said... effectively nothing in his Victory Day speech. Some basic NATO SUCKS nonsense, but nothing more. This may be a sign that he doesn't have a fucking clue how to move out of the mess he's gotten into.

[MaxTheFox]

"The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math."

[Strongpoint]

I am very curious why the aerial part of the parade got canceled. The official excuse is bad weather which is laughable

[heydude6]

As a guy who actually knows a hobby pilot, I can say with authority that airplanes are actually really sensitive to weather. He’s had to cancel many trips for things that you wouldn’t think would be such a big deal.

My memory is a bit fuzzy, so there are holes in my story, but I think a good question to ask is whether Russia has cancelled the aerial portion due to weather before.

[Starver]

When I read about the cancelled flypasts for Red Square and other cities, my first thought was to dig out weather reports for each cancelled place and also any that went ahead (something with cloud-ceiling, where applicable, as well as likelihood of rain and windspeeds). But I never got off on the first step of collating the (planned) locations.

Could be an interesting little project for some news analyst, and I can't imagine there isn't someone prepared to do it... Possibly someon already (ouwith a government job where they're actually employed to do such telemeteorology) has a sideline of having all this info at hand anyway because I know from personal experience that there's much more niche data-collections going on.

[tonnot98]

I'm just waiting to hear more about warehouses and oil depots "mysteriously" burning down

[Lord Shonus]

Weather reports for most of the cities showed bright, clear skies, and the Russians have, in fact, held air demonstrations in much worse weather.

[EuchreJack]

I'm just waiting to hear more about warehouses and oil depots "mysteriously" burning down

Maybe the Russians cancelled the Air Show because they were afraid that the Jets would "mysteriously" crash?

[MaxTheFox]

There was, apparently, massive hail in Moscow. If you fly during a hailstorm, you are suicidal. But yeah, sabotage would also be a concern.

I remember the air parade in my city being cancelled because of rain before.