A couple of months from now, folks will be commemorating the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. Almost everyone will be doing so on May 8, which is the day when that actually happened. Russia, which always needs to be “special,” commemorates the event on May 9, because when the armistice was signed, it was already May 9 in Moscow. Whatever.As usual, the Kremlin is going to be throwing a party for the event. Five years ago, for the 60th anniversary, it gathered a bunch of the world’s great and good, including the then Latvian president, Vaira Vik...
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