The speech delivered by President Dmitry Medvedev to mark the occasion was softer in tone than the address given by his predecessor Vladimir Putin last year. Nevertheless, beyond being an opportunity to show renewed military strength, this display does raise several questions:
- Why now?
- What messages is Russia trying to send and to whom, and
- What implications do these messages have for other aspects of Russian interaction with the west.
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