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Russia held its Victory Day parade, which marks the former Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II, 80 years ago this year, and CBS News was invited to witness the spectacle in Moscow on Friday. The parade was months in the planning, and the preparations and security measures taken right ahead of it closed down central Moscow for several days before the event itself. CBS News' Liz Palmer, who was in Red Square as the parade was underway, she had "never seen security around an event like the security that wrapped this one." There was even a guest contingent from China, Russia's increasingly close ally. In the viewing stand, President Vladimir Putin sat right next to his guest of honor, Chinese President Xi Jinping. Read more in the link in bio. #russia #redsquare #moscow #china

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