Bring back memory How the state appropriated the holiday of the Soviet people for years, but not everyone agreed with it Once upon a time, May 9 was a day of remembrance and a “holiday with tears in our eyes.” Now it is a day of demonstration of Russian military power and a propaganda tool. Putin’s speeches are becoming more and more aggressive, and delegations from other countries appear at the festival less and less often—even representatives from Belarus did not come this year.

Moscow metro employees are threatened with being sent to war as “volunteers” Human rights organizations believe that such an initiative is one of the tools of “hidden” mobilization conducted by the state The hotline of the Coalition for Conscientious Objection to Military Service received a message from the wife of a Moscow Metro employee.