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(2 Aug 2020) Russia's Airborne Paratrooper Forces on Sunday celebrated their 90th anniversary in Moscow, with hundreds of soldiers gathered in the city's Gorky Park.  
While mass gatherings are still restricted in Moscow in efforts to contain the new coronavirus pandemic, authorities allowed the celebrations to take place.
Some paratroopers spent the celebrations swimming into the park's main fountain, as per tradition. But there were fewer people in the park this year.
"Last year it was much more fun," lamented one former soldier after taking a dip in the fountain. "Today it's sad."
The airborne forces - known in Russia as VDV - were established in 1930.

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