The 2019 Moscow Victory Day Parade is a forthcoming military parade that will occur in and on The Red Square in Moscow, 9th of May, 2019….to honor the 74th year commemoration of the laying down of arms in 1945 by the Nazi Germans. It is by far the biggest of the considerable number of the parades planned to be given on this day in Russia and many of the numerous previous republics of the Soviet Union also have parades…

You know it is happening just by the fact that they paint the trees…

Russians don’t even and or hardly notice that the trees get painted. It just is the way it is and has been all their lives. I asked Sveta, “What holiday? The trees are painted!”

Sveta said, “Huh?” Then after thinking she said, “Must be May Holidays!”

Since painting the trees is from my ancient days in America, I take interest that Russia, once a year paints the trees (except the white birches) and it is always for the “May Holidays”….plus since I walk a bunch, I see the changes happen on my walking route…

Guess what?

The May Holidays are coming…

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MOSCOW, April 18. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will hold a meeting in Russia before the end of the month, the Kremlin said in a statement published on its website.”Vladimir Putin will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong-un will make a visit to Russia in the second half of April at Vladimir Putin’s invitation,” the statement reads.Various options for a summit were under discussion in 2018, including a meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia’s Far Eastern city of Vladivostok in September 2018 but the parties were unable to arrange a Putin-Kim meeting at the time. However, Russian authorities have stated on many occasions they are ready to welcome the North Korean leader at any time convenient for him.South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said earlier that Kim Jong-un might visit Russia next week. According to the agency, the Russia-North Korea summit is likely to be held in the Far Eastern city of Vladivostok. Meanwhile, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said that Putin will visit China to attend the Belt and Road forum scheduled to take place in Beijing on April 26-27.

Source: TASS: Russian Politics & Diplomacy – Putin to meet with Kim Jong-un in Russia in second half of April

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