Russia Hosts Military Parade Marking 80th Anniversary of End of WWII
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Russia celebrated the Victory Day on May 9 with parades, fireworks, and concerts across the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the military parade in Moscow’s Red Square to celebrate the 80th anniversary of victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War, part of World War II.
Leaders of the post-Soviet republics have taken part in the event, including Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Dzhaparov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov, and his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Sputnik reported.
The parade was also attended by an array of other foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Addressing the event, Putin congratulated Russian citizens with the triumphant victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945).
“We are united in our admiration for the generation that won the Great Patriotic War. Russia, at the cost of millions of lives, won freedom and peace for all of humanity. Victory Day is the main holiday for Russia,” he said.
“Russia will always be an indestructible barrier to Nazism, will fight the atrocities of its followers. All of Russia supports the participants of the special operation, is proud of their fortitude. Russia will always remember the lessons of World War II and will never accept the distortion of its events, attempts to justify the executioners, and slander the true victors,” the Russian president stated.
