Red carpet event?

Red= china

russia

republican

bloody

Carpet= Old Italian carpita, from the verb "carpire" meaning to pluck

rug/prayer rug/Islam

flying carpet/Persia/Iran

called on the carpet

Red carpet= formal event (entrance to)

Carpet event= bombing

stain

replace/cleaning/vacuuming

swept under the rug

Could make a number of possible scenarios…