By Aleksei Pankin, April 25, 2015, w/photos and video, in mass-circulation Komsomolskaya Pravda.
It was a heat-warming observance of the victory of our wartime Grand Alliance…and what might be possible again today, were leaders of the “sole indispensable” country inclined to give more respect to the strategic interests of former allies.
Ray contributed a favorite poem — one by Nicolai Nekrasov (the “Poet of Russian Sorrow”) and led the singing of “Katyusha.” We’ll post an English translation of the poem tomorrow.
For now:
http://www.msk.kp.ru/daily/26372.5/3252925/