Russia Celebrates Victory Day With Major Military Parade

Описание: Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two with a parade on Friday (May 9), attended by China's Xi Jinping and world leaders, amid tight security to guard against Ukrainian attacks after three years of devastating war.

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Troops from over a dozen countries participated in the Victory Day military parade, each marching under their national flag as their respective leaders looked on from the stands.

President Vladimir Putin, the longest-serving Kremlin chief since Josef Stalin, stood beside Xi, several dozen other leaders and Russian veterans on a roofed tribune beside Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum on Red Square as Russian troops marched past.

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