A scaled-back Victory Day Parade in Russia amid growing security concerns

About this episode

The episode discusses the scaled-back Victory Day Parade in Russia, security concerns surrounding President Putin, the situation in Gaza, and David Attenborough's 100th birthday.

Russia’s annual Victory Day Parade this weekend is expected to lack the usual show of ballistic missiles and tanks. Meanwhile, a leaked security brief claims that President Vladimir Putin has tightened his personal security and faces increased threats of assassination and coup attempts. Also, according to a new report by the NGO Mercy Corps, only 4% of Gaza’s farmlands remain accessible to its residents for farming, with the rest being damaged in war or under Israeli control. And, Sir David Attenborough, who has documented the natural world and the creatures in it for decades, turns 100. Plus, lost in translation — how some film titles are hard to translate into other languages. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Topics covered

• Victory Day Parade
• security concerns
• Gaza farming
• assassination threats
• David Attenborough
• film translation

Keywords

• Victory Day Parade
• Russia
• Vladimir Putin
• Gaza
• Mercy Corps
• David Attenborough
• security threats
• film translation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mercy Corps

Places: Gaza, Russia

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