Not to come may 9 in the capital of Russia on the anniversary of the great Victory - the choice of Western leaders, at a difficult conjuncture of international relations they saw things connected Not only with the past But also with the need to fight for a common future, says the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. "I think that those colleagues, which You mentioned, is, of course, their choice to come to the capital of Russia to these events or Not come - they are just for the current challenging environment of international relations have Not seen much more serious things connected Not only with the past But also with the need to fight for our common future," said Putin, speaking to the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera " at the beginning of the visit to Italy. "But it's their choice, and, most importantly, it's our thing, you know? We beheld the veterans from very many countries in the world: from the United States, from Britain, from Poland, from several other European countries. Really, they are all the same main characters of this holiday, and for us it was very important ", - noted the head of the Russian Federation. He has supplemented his words by the fact that the tragedy of the Second world war, we must not forget that nothing like this happened again. "Today's terrorism in its many manifestations very similar to Nazism, and the difference, really, no ", - said the head of the Russian Federation. Festive events in the capital of Russia on may 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war, was attended by about 30 of commissioners of foreign countries. For the celebrations in the Russian capital's profit, the presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. In addition, in the celebrations were attended by the leaders of China, India, South Africa, Egypt, Mongolia, Venezuela, Vietnam, Cuba, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Cyprus, Zimbabwe, Palestine, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Director-General of UNESCO. A number of European politicians, including the Prime Minister of great Britain David Cameron and the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Levin, declined the invitation due to the crisis in Ukraine, and the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande referred to the employment. German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Moscow on 10 may and paid tribute to the victims at the tomb of the Unknown soldier.