Russian President Vladimir Putin received world leaders, including Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, for the celebrations of Victory Day in Moscow on Friday (9).
The celebration marks when the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
The Russian government states that the presence of allies, such as Lula and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and dozens of leaders from the former Soviet Union, Africa, Asia and Latin America, demonstrate that Russia is not isolated.
Even though the former Western Allies of Moscow want to stay away.
From Europe, the leaders of Serbia and Slovakia were present at the events.
The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in World War II, including millions in Ukraine, but pushed the Nazi forces back to Berlin, where Adolf Hitler committed suicide and the red flag of the Soviet victory was raised at the Reichstag palace in 1945.
This content was originally published in Putin receives Lula for Victory Day Parade in Moscow this Friday (9) on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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