About 30 heads of state and governments of foreign States and Directors of international organizations will participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Victory.

As before said the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, confirmed the presence of the presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. In addition, the event will be attended by the leaders of China, India, South Africa, Venezuela, Vietnam, Cuba, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Cyprus, Zimbabwe, Mongolia, Palestine, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the UN Secretary-General ban Ki-moon and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.

According to the Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, the events will Also visit officials of a number of other countries, such as the foreign Minister of Italy and France. In total, expected to be About 40 of commissioners of foreign countries. Britain, According to Ushakov, will represent the grandson of Winston Churchill - the head of the British government during the 2nd world war.

Sands have said before, that at the parade in connection with busy schedules will not be attended by the leaders of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Germany Angela Merkel, the Czech Republic Milos Zeman and Slovak Republic Robert fico. He added that if the President is unable to participate in the festivities, the country the Ambassador represents in the Russian Federation.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-UN, whose participation in the celebrations was actively discussed in the world media decided not to go to the capital of Russia in connection with inter-Korean Affairs. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will not come to the capital of Russia at the celebration and will not participate in the informal meeting of heads of CIS countries.

traditionally in the Russian capital for the anniversary celebrations on the occasion of the Victory over fascism involved the leaders of many countries. On the 70th anniversary of the Victory of the invitation received 68 foreign leaders and heads of UNESCO, UN, EU and Council of Europe.



According to the head of the Kremlin administration Sergei Ivanov, who heads the organizing Committee on preparation to celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory, the event will be even more ambitious than the 60 th anniversary: military parades will be held in 150 cities, moreover, not only in Russia, but also abroad, will Also be five parades of ships of the naval fleet to the Russian port cities and five Airshow.

The main event, Traditionally, will be the parade on red square on may 9. In it will participate more than 16 thousand soldiers on parade will be attended by 2, 3, thousands of veterans of the great Patriotic war.

Jubilee parade will be one of the largest in recorded history of the holiday. Most of his points meticulously kept secret. It is known that the parade will consist of 2 parts - historical and contemporary. In the process the last the first time will feature the newest samples of arms and military equipment. According to Peskov, the first time will be presented BMD-4M, multipurpose armored "Shell" and mobile ground missile complex " YARS ". Will also feature advanced equipment - armored vehicles on the platform " Armata ", "Kurganets" and " boomerang ".

the parade will involve ten parade marching units military power of the countries-participants of the CIS and friendly countries. Among them Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, India, Mongolia, Serbia and China.

it is expected that the President of the Russian Federation for the first time will be announced at the Victory parade in the capital of Russia minute of silence to honor the memory of the deceased in the great Patriotic war.

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