A number of post-Soviet countries began to abandon the traditional attributes of victory in the Great Patriotic War in Russia, such as wearing "St. George ribbons" and holding the "Immortal Regiment", following the Kremlin's aggression against Ukraine.

This was on the air of "Echo of Moscow" Russian journalist Oleg Kashin.

"These are quite obvious failures of foreign policy, no longer soft, but the ordinary foreign policy of Russia in the post-Soviet space. Because, of course, Ukraine has proved both to Nazarbayev, Uzbeks, and all the world that such soft activity of Russia can instantly turn out not soft. Therefore, it is better to hedge and avoid all this, "he said..

"The natural course of the development of history that, having proved in the Donbas, to which Russia is capable almost to the maximal level, Russia has achieved that some Belarusians beloved from it somehow recoil," added the journalist.

Kashin also expressed the opinion that Putin adopted the approach to building the state ideology around the Great Patriotic at the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

"For the same Belarus Lukashenko's memory of the Great Patriotic War long before any Putin became the main national construction. That is, indeed, Lukashenka is building all this. And Putin largely adopted his main approach to the past that "here we have these four years, around which, like the Sun, the whole story revolves". Therefore, here is another question: who is the greater "winner" - Lukashenko or Putin - and, secondly, who has more rights to set standards in this genre, "he concluded..

As the "Observer" reported, in Kazakhstan the authorities of the city of Shymkent ordered to dismantle the "St. George ribbon" from the Obelisk of Glory, instead of which a ribbon with a national Kazakh ornament.

Also, the Tajik government banned the conduct of the Russian-backed action "Immortal Regiment" during the celebration of the Victory Day in the republic.

In addition, in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent was banned from wearing "St. George ribbons" and holding other "unresolved" events on May 9 Join the Observer groups on Facebook and VKontakte, stay tuned!.