Victory Parade in Moscow can pass without spectators

The Ministry of Defense considers the opportunity to hold without spectators a traditional parade on May 9 on Red Square, dedicated to the victory of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War. This was reported by Open Media with reference to an unnamed interlocutor close to leadership in the department.

The capital's official also called this idea to the publication. According to Open Media, the issue will be resolved in April. Spectators from the event can be removed if the number of coronavirus infection in Moscow will grow sharply.

This year, the Russian authorities planned a large-scale celebration of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. The parade is planned to participate 15 thousand people and almost 400 units of equipment, the leaders of the world states were invited to the celebrations (Donald Trump already refused, and the leaders of 17 states, including France, India, Cuba, Venezuela and the Czech Republic).

• Earlier, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the agencies that there is no talk of canceling or limiting the parade yet. In Moscow, there is a ban on public events with the number of participants more than 50 people.
• The capital’s authorities are also considering the possibility of canceling the annual May action "Immortal Regiment," wrote earlier the "discovery of the media". The press service of the organizers of the procession later said to the Interfax agency that the rally is not planned.
• The authorities of other regions of Russia, where parades are planned on May 9, also consider the issue of conducting them in limited formats, local media reports.
• On April 22, another mass event is scheduled in Russia - the All -Russian vote about the amendments proposed by Vladimir Putin to the Constitution. Putin himself previously stated that he could be transferred if the situation with coronavirus will deteriorate. However, while the transfer of transfer has not been made.