There will be no foreign heads of state in Putin’s May 9 parade
Medusa website writes with reference to Peskov that, Putin’s ally, Alexander Lukashenko, was not invited on May 9
Moscow None of the foreign heads of state will attend the military parade on May 9.
Russia presidents Vladimir Putinspokesman Dmitri Peskov explained it this way that, “May 9 this year is not a jubilee date” and to it according to The Kremlin did not invite foreign leaders to the parade.
Medusa website writes with reference to Peskov that, no ally of Putin on May 9 this year Alexander Lukashenko was not invited either.
RFE / RL’s Russian Service reports that, Despite Dmitry Peskov’s explanation, the Kremlin has invited world leaders to the May 9 parade, regardless of whether it is an “anniversary year” or not.
After 2014…
The most prestigious of these parades 20It was in 05. That time Russia It celebrated the 60th anniversary of the victory in World War II.
The current leaders of that year’s parade are the President of the United States George W. Bush, President of France Jacques ChiracChancellor of Germany Gerhardt SchröderChinese leader Hu TzintaoOf Italy and The Prime Ministers of Japan Silvio Berlusconi and Cunichiro Koyzumi had come.
The 70th anniversary of the victory came in 2015, a year after Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea.
Western leaders declined the invitation.
Nevertheless, almost every year on May 9, one of the foreign leaders took part in the parades on Red Square.
For example, last year only the President of Tajikistan attended the Moscow parade Emomali Rahmon had come.
It is reported that, 11,000 servicemen will take part in this year’s May 9 parade.