Oh reporters - get it right!

I just read a news article in the "International Herald Tribune" regarding Medvedev's inauguration set for today. I can't argue with the politics as there is a lot to them that I don't understand. What I do have a big problem with is this:

"The Kremlin then plans to mark the occasion on Friday with a military parade in Red Square of a sort not seen since the Cold War, complete with flyovers of strategic bombers and rumbling columns of tanks"

Umm.... this is NOT about Medvedev's Presidency. Friday is Victory Day - perhaps the biggest holiday in Russia, it is a day celebrating the end of WWII. While it is going to be bigger this year and does bring back the Parades from the Soviet Era. I've seen the troops rehearsing - this isn't about Medvedev' or a return to communism. This is about celebrating and honoring the soldiers and the country that fought for years to prevent fascist Germany from taking Russia. There are Soviet symbols, not so much because they are Soviet, but because those are the symbols of the era in which Russia triumphed against the odds set against her.

Let's give the country props for trying to show that it is finally stabilizing, and not condemn patriotic spirit that many western nations lack. Accurate reporting and looking at a calendar would be nice on the part of the western media.