Victory Day in Central and Eastern Europe – a Triumph Not Worth Celebrating?
... subsequently returned, since it gives an excuse to stress the “inferiority” of the socialist regime. On 9 May 2015, out of all the leaders of the countries of Central-Eastern Europe, only President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman and Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico will be in Moscow. They will not attend the military parade, preferring to hold talks with each other in the Russian capital. The President of the Czech Republic, who has always held a pro-Russian position , had to act in a greatly restricted room for manoeuvre after US Ambassador to the Czech Republic Andrew Schapiro stated that it would not be desirable for Zeman to visit Moscow. Representative ...