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PRESIDENT VLADAMIR PUTIN led a huge commemorative WWII march through Red Square today as Russia celebrated 70 years since Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
Clutching a portrait of his father Vladimir, who fought in the war, Putin unexpectedly joined a massive column of some 250,000 Russians who carried pictures of their relatives in a Kremlin-backed campaign dubbed the “Immortal Regiment.”
“I think that my father, just like millions of simple soldiers – and he was a plain soldier — had every right to walk through this square,” Putin told reporters on Red Square.
The 62-year-old president said the campaign was a tribute to the country’s fallen soldiers and civilians but also a sign of Russia’s strength.
“It also speaks of our self-confidence, confidence in our strength and the happy future for our children.”
The crowds of Russians proudly carrying portraits of their relatives snaked along central Tverskaya street, Moscow’s main avenue, before reaching Red Square.
Earlier in the day Putin presided over a mammoth parade featuring more than 16,000 troops and cutting-edge military equipment.
In what is seen as punishment for Kremlin’s meddling in Ukraine, Western countries led by Russia’s World War II allies boycott the May 9 festivities, leaving Putin to mark the big day in the company of the leaders of China, Cuba, India and other Moscow-friendly figures.
But Putin chose to ignore the boycott, thanking Britain, France and the US for their “contribution” to the defeat of Germany.
“Our fathers and grandfathers went through unbearable suffering, deprivation and losses,” Putin said, feting the country’s veterans and the “grandeur of Victory over Nazism”.
“We are grateful to the people of Great Britain, France and the United States for their contribution to victory,” he added.
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Ryanair have just introduced a new route to Cancri 55 e however their pilots are not yet trained to land on diamond encrusted runways,the closet airport is Luton where a bus will take you the rest of the way.
No way Paul, I thought they could land on anything!
Tell me the truth but your not serious.
Hands off, it’s mine!
no use Michael the troika got there be fore ya
What a useless name. Cancri 55e. They should call it……………..”Lucy”.
prefer original
Twinkle twinkle little star.
price of diamonds will plummet
….but the shine will never diminish !
Surely the Americans will invade…(to bring democracy and stop oppression of course)
Dam u beat me to it ha
lame
When do we leave???
Couple of hours, need to top up the ship with some diesel
It’s a few thousand degrees celcius on the surface as it’s quite close to its sun/star… So you’d need some sun protection ;-)
With those temperatures?!!! We’ll have to go at night….
That would definitely be recommended ;-)
plus if we travel at the speed of light it will take us 40 years to get there… how old are you now?? I think I could do it…
Wonder what’s a girl’s best friend on this planet ?
Air and water I’d imagine.
And suncream too!
jackhammer
the Irish
Will that be the end of recession!?? A bit for everyone lol
Planet. Bling.
Isn’t this the plot to Avatar?
Sorry everyone but Ray Burke already sold the rights to it for a happy meal, Bertie supposedly got the toy.
-.-
Andrew. Firstly, congratulations on discovering you can green thumb your own comments. Secondly, if you hate this thread so much, why are you putting so much time into reading and commenting? It seems pathologically pointless.
Best comments of the week!!!! Still giggling :D
If you need to stop laughing hire a Neil Delamare DVD , you’ll stoney faced in no time, I’d loan you mine but I’ll need it for an ice scraper soon ;)
where? Comments above seem bland and predictible.
Big swinging mickey!!!!
Thank you, bit shy about it tho .
Seen as we’re on the subject, I hate those Meteor adds.
sure if it had oil America probably would have declared war!
if I knew how to delete this I would , someone already beat me to it
sure save it for next time. You’l want to be quick cos many ppl think its a clever one to roll out.
I am newly engaged and now a fecking diamond planet appears miniaturising my soon to be wife’s rock. Awkward!
Air and/or water . I’d imagine .
My head hurts
why
My sons always going on about an alien called Diamondhead, this must be where he’s from!?
“Jesus lads that was some trip… So who brought the kango??!!”
On the very bright side, it won’t take as long to come back , altho you may age a lot whilst there 18hours= 1 year
wrong. It takes 18 earth hours for the planet to circumavigate its sun. One circumnavigation of its own sun would be considered 1 year by the way we measure time. Its still 18 hours though. You would have aged by 18 hours same as if you were on earth. Now on the other hand you take
the time taken to get to the planet (40 light years, 80 round trip), the closer you get tot the speed of light the slower time goes. So in effect by the time you reach there and get back if you could manage to get close to the speed light then hundreds if not thousands of years could have passed on earth. Effectively transporting you forward in time compared to people living on earth.
Meanwhile De Beers is secretly building rocket ships for its next generation of slave labor.
Glass cutters must be having an orgasm with this news
should change its name to Lucy
I thought this was something to do with Jennifer Aniston’s engagement ring.
My sons always going on about an alien called Diamondhead, this must be where he’s from!?
It’s called “55 cancri e”
Well I’ll forget about investing in diamonds so ….. water it is.
wow!
VS I, II or flawless?
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