Putin imposes security clampdown in Moscow ahead of Victory Day parade | World | News
A increasingly paranoid Vladimir Putin has imposed a massive secutiry clampdown on Moscow ahead this week’s huge annual Victory Day parade. The move comes amid an overnight strike on the city’s “Hollywood” district when an elite high-rise tower in Mosfilmovskaya Street was hit and damaged by a Ukrainian drone. The attack on the high-rise building – rumoured to be home to key figures in Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service – was by an unmanned plane which evaded sophisticated air defences installations in the city. The strike occurred at the beginning of a week leading up to Putin’s annual Victory Day military parade on Red Square, scheduled for Saturday and featuring thousands of Russian troops to mark the end of the Second World War. There is growing concern in Moscow that Ukraine might target the parade rehearsals—or even the main event itself—where Putin is expected to deliver what has been described as a “very important” address. According to VChK-OGPU, a Telegram channel reported to have links to the security services, as well as the associated Rucriminal …

