I said this on the Hearty Salon, but this Victory Day celebration feels different to me.  It’s the kind of celebration you have when you won’t have the chance to celebrate for a while.  When you know something big is coming down the pike.  Aliens “disclosure” today?  You just have to know something big is going down.

On a personal note, I went to Russia several times in my youth, once while it was still the Soviet Union.  There was a time where I dreamed in Russian.  I have some stories.  I went to college hoping to get back to Russia after, but that was not meant to be.  But my heart is celebrating with them today, they won WWI and WWII and will win WWIII.

Arrives on Red Square and immediately greets WWII veterans.

Faultless. pic.twitter.com/V9KtvIcHjG

— Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) May 9, 2026

Kremlin bells chime — Victory Parade officially begins

The Russian flag and the Victory Banner are carried onto Red Square

The same scarlet banner Soviet soldiers raised over the Reichstag in Berlin 81 years ago pic.twitter.com/L9GsTIAaoc

— RT (@RT_com) May 9, 2026

Combined military band strikes up 'To Serve Russia' — closing the parade

Glory to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War! https://t.co/igfGvIK5ob pic.twitter.com/3jXZORNhgR

— RT (@RT_com) May 9, 2026

Today’s Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, we remember one of the most famous moments from newly liberated Berlin.

The video shows Lydia Spivak, a young Red Army woman, dancing and directing traffic in front of the Brandenburg Gate.pic.twitter.com/0oiuOAt4DZ

— Hüseyin Dogru (@hussedogru) May 8, 2026

A haunting scene from the evening of the very first day of the war, in Isfahan's famous Naqshe Jahan Square, with mystical Persian poetry playing on the loudspeaker of the Shah Mosque (in preparation for Azaan Maghrib), while one of the first Iranian missiles is flying overhead pic.twitter.com/Yh5n8Gaj63

— Alireza Talakoubnejad (@websterkaroon) May 8, 2026

Iran FM Araghchi shares a cinematic video diary from his recent visit to Beijing

'Agreed to reach a new level of cooperation' pic.twitter.com/uBs4xvGQSb

— RT (@RT_com) May 8, 2026

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Why Iran’s Indigenous Development Scares the West?
Sara Larijani (@Organoponico1) explains pic.twitter.com/wYOpR1rwQt

— Iran Talks (@theirantalks) May 7, 2026

Iran is willing to tell us more about Charlie Kirk than our FBI pic.twitter.com/KYIE5jSt08

— Sammy Obeid (@SammyObeid) May 8, 2026

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Despite heavy censorship, footage has surfaced showing a large plume of black smoke rising from near Dubai International Airport following strikes earlier this morning.

Earlier, specialised flight-tracking sources also reported that flights to Dubai and Abu Dhabi were suspended… pic.twitter.com/Sf1aJJOtXg

— Hala Jaber (@HalaJaber) May 8, 2026

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Former UN Human Rights Director Craig Mokhiber. Hezbollah and Hamas are no-one's "proxies" but rather legitimate resistance groups, formed in reaction to Israeli colonisation, occupation and atrocities. Western war propaganda tries to hide this simple fact. pic.twitter.com/jRLkJ5YB9O

— tim anderson (@timand2037) May 8, 2026

Its been 7 years since anthony bourdain died, he respected palestinians like very few other western journalists ever did. This is from a 2013 episode of parts unknown where he went to the gaza strip.
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— ADAM (@AdameMedia) August 6, 2025

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Can tell these Russian guys know the anti-drone drill well (and it worked) pic.twitter.com/MgOiiHOttv

— American Vatnik🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 (@AmericanVatnik) May 8, 2026

When male solidarity saves lives. pic.twitter.com/XlnBHEK4u7

— Marta Havryshko (@HavryshkoMarta) May 8, 2026

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Sure, Donald. pic.twitter.com/UowKRzONxu

— The Lincoln Project Advocacy (@LPAdvocacy) May 8, 2026

NEW: MAGA evangelical leaders gather in Mar-a-Lago to bless and dedicate a gold statue dedicate to Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/D3HcomQIu3

— Christopher Hale (@ChristopherHale) May 8, 2026

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⚡️ US refinery producing 185,000 BARRELS PER DAY EXPLODES

Towering black smoke and flames rip into sky over Chalmette Refinery pic.twitter.com/gXe6lmMla3

— RT (@RT_com) May 8, 2026

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babe wake up, public health infrastructure just got nerfed. pic.twitter.com/Q4YwsJZTT7

— Drey (@thedreydossier) May 9, 2026

Hantavirus pic.twitter.com/WHuRn68EWA

— mrredpillz jokaqarmy (@JOKAQARMY1) May 8, 2026

That’s a Bad Dog 😂 pic.twitter.com/BrLn6fmhjd

— Alberto TM (@TmAlberto) May 8, 2026