No, Keelhaul was not a proud moment. There are stories of “liberated” Russian POWs committing suicide when they heard they were going “home.” And not all of them were Vlasovites.
As for the Germans, they didn’t get returned until 1955, after Stalin died and Adenauer went to Moscow. The price was recognition of East Germany and acceptance of a more or less permanent partition of the country.
As for the Russians wanting to celebrate May 8 as the 70th Anniversary of their big win, I don’t have problem with that. With an estimated 11,000,000 military deaths and perhaps 20,000,000 more civilians dead in the war, I think they earned it. Even if I have no love for their current despot.
It’s important to remember Old Joe was happy to stroll down the garden path with Old Adolph invading Poland(three weeks after the Germans did most of the heavy lifting) and carving up the Baltic States and sitting in the Kremlin chuckling at night while the Luftwaffe pounded the crap out of London. Sorry but I don’t work up too admiration for the Russkies. They were only our ally because Hitler decided to end the partnership with them in June of ‘41.