MOSCOW—There is no bigger date than May 9 on modern Russia’s calendar: a commemoration of Soviet victory against Nazi Germany that, under President Vladimir Putin, has also turned into celebrations of military might.
And there was little that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could do more to ingratiate himself with Mr. Putin than flying to Moscow to participate in Wednesday’s Red Square military parade, a festivity snubbed by Western leaders since the 2014 invasion of Ukraine.
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