Almost all Victory Day parades are сancelled in yet another Russian region

In Krasnodar Krai, a region in Russia’s south, 9 May parades [to mark the Soviet victory in World War II] will only be held in the city of Novorossiysk "for security reasons".

Source: Russian Interfax, citing the press service of the regional administration

Details: The decision was made at a meeting of the Anti-Terrorist Commission, the Operational Staff, and the recent coordinating conference on ensuring law and order.

However, as yet the region has no plans to cancel flower-laying ceremonies at memorials.

Background: 

• Earlier, 9 May parades were cancelled in Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk oblasts. 
• Parades will also not be held in occupied Crimea.
• The Atlantic Council reported that the cancellation of military parades on 9 May could be due to losses of military equipment, particularly tanks, in the war in Ukraine.

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