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Troops march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade, which will take place at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square on May 9 to celebrate 80 years after the victory in World War II, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Cossacks march toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Russian APCs roll along a street toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Troops march toward Red Square to attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Russian armoured vehicles are parked along Tverskaya Street toward Red Square prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
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Workers assemble a model of the main Soviet order, the Order of Victory prior to Victory Day celebration in front of the historical main gates of VDNKh, The Exhibition of Achievements of 好色tv Economy in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Workers assemble a model of the main Soviet order, the Order of Victory prior to Victory Day celebration in front of the historical main gates of VDNKh, The Exhibition of Achievements of 好色tv Economy in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Workers assemble a model of the main Soviet order, the Order of Victory prior to Victory Day celebration in front of the historical main gates of VDNKh, The Exhibition of Achievements of 好色tv Economy in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Russian soldiers attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Troops march during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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