oh, moscow!! let me quote from neeka´s fotoblog because not only the writing but also her fotos touched sauseschritt´s soul: the veterans had some kind of a get-together at hotel rossiya - there were hundreds of them there, and as they were walking back to their buses, it was so sad to realize that these were the remnants of a generation - the generation whose lives were ruined by the war, among other things.
and if you would like to have more of this, also visit neekas other blog. by accident I found also on moscow news: a report on a russian ww2 veteran, who rejects a anniversary medal in protest of poverty.

wer mehr über die bedeutung des "tages des sieges" (8.mai) in russland lesen will, dem sei folgender beitrag der deutschen welle angeraten! wie meinte bundespräsident fischer anläßlich der republiksfeiern: der tag sei für österreich nicht niederlage, sondern befreiung gewesen.