Moscow victory day parade 20155/18/2023 ![]() US actor Steven Seagal also attended the parade as did a leather-clad Alexander Zaldostanov, leader of a Kremlin-backed biker gang. Raul Castro of Cuba, Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Jacob Zuma of South Africa were also in attendance. In a gesture highlighting Russia's new-found religious fervour, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu crossed himself at the start of the parade, and at noon church bells tolled for fifteen minutes.īesides China's Xi, other high-profile guests at the parade were United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon, India's President Pranab Mukherjee, and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt. The parade also saw over a hundred military aircraft - including long-range nuclear bombers - swoop over Moscow in a spectacular fly-by. In a finely choreographed spectacle, troops including soldiers sporting Soviet-era uniforms and rifles and a cavalry regiment marched across Red Square's famed cobbles as Putin, seated next to China's Xi Jinping, looked on.Ĭutting-edge military equipment including the next-generation Armata T-14 tank and nuclear missile systems rumbled through the square along with the famed war-era T-34 tank, in one of the biggest Victory Day celebrations in decades. More than 16,000 soldiers including troops from China, India, Mongolia, Serbia and several ex-Soviet states marched past the leaders. Speaking at a reception later, Putin said international relations should be guided by the WWII-era "spirit of allied partnership". In an apparent dig at the United States, Putin also criticised attempts to establish a "unipolar" world order and stressed the need to develop a "system of equal security for all states", but he conspicuously shunned more aggressive rhetoric and made no mention of the Ukraine crisis. "We are grateful to the people of Great Britain, France and the United States for their contribution to victory," he added, also thanking those who fought against the Nazis in other countries including Germany. "Our fathers and grandfathers went through unbearable suffering, deprivation and losses," Putin said, feting the country's veterans and the "grandeur of Victory over Nazism". ![]() This year Russia’s state-of-the-art heavy armaments, the ArmataT-14 tank and the Koalitsiya (Coalition) self-propelled artillery system, were presented to the public for the first time during the parade.ģ0 International leaders attended the Moscow Victory Day celebrations, among them the leaders of CIS, BRICS and a number of European, Asian, African and Latin American countries.įollowing the official parade, over 500,000 Russians and foreign attendees marched through central Moscow in commemoration of those who perished in World War II.In what is seen as punishment for Kremlin meddling in Ukraine, Western countries led by Russia's World War II allies boycotted the May 9 festivities, leaving Putin to mark the day in the company of the leaders of China, Cuba and other Moscow-friendly figures.Īddressing thousands of foreign guests and veterans, Putin chose to ignore the boycott, thanking Britain, France and the US for their "contribution" to the defeat of Germany. New technology of the latest models of weapons for the Russian Airborne Troops was presented, including the Rakushka multi-purpose armored vehicle, as well as the Yars mobile missile launch system. RUSSIA VICTORY DAY MILITARY PARADE IN MOSCOW 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II, MAY 9 2015Ī military parade was held on Moscow’s Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in World War II.Ī total of 16,000 soldiers from all over the world, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan along with India, Mongolia, Serbia, and China took part in the parade. ![]()
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