The military parade commemorating the 69th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany was held on Moscow’s Red Square on 9 May.
President Vladimir Putin took a victory lap Friday in his first visit to Crimea since its annexation by Russia, as fighting in eastern Ukraine left more than 20 dead just days ahead of a separatist vote.
South Korea staged its largest military display for a decade on Tuesday, as President Park Geun-Hye warned of the "very grave" threat posed by North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
Lithuania's gay community on Monday denounced restrictions placed on television publicity for this month's gay pride parade, saying they were akin to Russia's so-called "gay propaganda" ban.
North Korea has mobilised a variety of missiles in preparation for a massive military parade later this month to mark the 60th anniversary since the end of the Korean War.
Kazakhstan army divisions will demonstrate their tactical skills and practical use of modern armament and vehicles of Kazakhstan’s Ground Forces and Air Defense Forces.
Kazakhstan Defense Minister Adulbek Dzhaksybekov has signed a decree to hold a military parade of Kazakhstan Armed Forces in commemoration of the Defender of the Fatherland Day (May 7).