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Yevhen Viznyatsya poses in his Winnipeg home Thursday evening– the multilingual recent immigrant from Ukraine found out about a low-key Russian “victory day” parade Saturday in Winnipeg where Russians are being encouraged to wear St. George ribbons - symbols of pro-Russian separatist forces. The ribbons are being distributed to Canadian Russian groups by the Russian embassy. The Ukrainian community is incensed that with the turmoil going on in Ukraine, local Russians would have the audacity to parade around wearing the ribbons. The parade is purported to honour Second World War vets who defeated the Nazis but the timing is strange given that the Russians have never held a WWII parade ever in Wpg and only now are doing something for “Victory Day”. SANDERS STORY May 8, 2014 - (Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press)