Apart from the now customary display of Russian military might, the 9 May ceremony in Moscow witnessed the strange spectacle of Nato troops marching on the Red Square.
The presence of the erstwhile enemy has stirred controversy in the country, which is no stranger to tense relations with the military alliance.
Although Brussels and Moscow have recently embarked on the careful process of repairing ties in the wake of the recent war in Georgia, the fact that Moscow invited Nato tr...
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