It's a mistake, Russians do not commemorate end of WWII at May 9th, but they celebrate VICTORY in Great Patriotic War (which started from 22 June 1941, before Soviet Union was a Hitler's ally.)
This subtle but important difference was and still is ignored in West and shows misunderstanding of the current Russia.
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It's a mistake, Russians do not commemorate end of WWII at May 9th, but they celebrate VICTORY in Great Patriotic War (which started from 22 June 1941, before Soviet Union was a Hitler's ally.)
This subtle but important difference was and still is ignored in West and shows misunderstanding of the current Russia.