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Animals in Russia join the World War Two celebrations as an aquatic park in Siberia gives rifles to two seals while the WW2 victory anniversary events are held across Russia. Nathan Frandino reports.
A German tourist braved freezing conditions in Oymyakon, one of the coldest inhabited settlements in the world, on Thursday, as he took an icy dip into the river while air temperatures stood at -50° Celsius (-58° Fahrenheit). Ice-dipping is a long-held tradition among Orthodox Christians, for Epiphany Day, which is observed on January 19th in the Orthodox calender. It celebrates the baptism of Jesus Christ and is said to cleanse and purify the plunger.
The United States says it welcomes South Africa's promise to probe allegations of arms shipments to Russia after Washington angered Pretoria by going public with a charge of covert weapons. "It certainly would be a welcome step," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters of the promise of a probe made by a spokesman for President Cyril Ramaphosa. SOUNDBITE
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes military officers on Red Square at the start of the military parade marking the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. IMAGES
Russian president Vladimir Putin attends memorial ceremony for victims of the siege of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by Nazi Germany during WWII. The siege lasted 872 days between 8 September 1941 and 27 January 1944, leading to hundreds of thousands of casualties. IMAGES
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