- The military parade on Red Square began on Saturday May 9 in Moscow on the occasion of the commemorations of the victory over Nazi Germany.
- Unlike last year, few heads of state responded.
- “Even the faithful of the faithful did not come,” points out the historian specializing in the Russian world Galia Ackerman on LCI.
The military parade on Red Square began on Saturday May 9 in Moscow on the occasion of the commemorations of the victory over Nazi Germany. If its good performance was facilitated by a three-day truce announced the day before by Donald Trump, the event does not have the same magnitude on the Moscow side.
Last year, for the 80th anniversary of May 9, 1945, 27 heads of state were present in the capital. In 2026, there will be much fewer of them. “I think the Russians sent a lot of invitations, but there were few responses. Even the faithful of the faithful did not come”
reports on the set of LCI Galia Ackerman, historian and specialist on the Russian world.
Among the countries represented, Belarus and its president, loyal to Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, Laos, with President Thongloun Sisoulith, and Malaysia, with King Ibrahim Ismail of Johor. But these last two states “are not really useful in Moscow”
underlines Galia Ackerman.
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A European leader nevertheless visited Russia: Robert Fico, the Slovak Prime Minister. Although he claims to be close to Putin, he did not want to offend Brussels further and did not attend the parade. “He came to meet Putin and lay flowers on the tomb of the unknown soldier.”
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