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Parades across the former Soviet states commemorated the 70-year anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War, also known as World War II, while a new military confrontation between Russia and Turkey sparked a political row between old Cold-War foes. In Ukraine, the eastern frontline between pro-Russia insurgents and the Ukrainian military remained a stalemate. Thousands took to the streets in Moldova to protest against the country's economic troubles because of endemic corruption and the theft of $1 billion from three Moldovan banks, while in Armenia the Electric Yerevan protest exposed outrage against massive rate increase by the Russian-owned Electric Networks of Armenia.
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