Kremlin to inform timely about foreign leaders expected at Moscow’s Victory Day Parade
On March 25, the Kremlin opened media accreditation for the Victory Day Parade on Moscow’s Red Square
MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. The Kremlin will inform timely about foreign leaders expected to attend the Victory Day Parade on Moscow’s Red Square on May 9, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
"So far, it is early to give information and we will provide it timely. It is early so far," the Kremlin press secretary said.
On March 25, the Kremlin opened media accreditation for the Victory Day Parade on Moscow’s Red Square. As the Kremlin press office said, the final rehearsal of the military parade devoted to the 79th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War will take place on May 5. The Victory Day Parade on Moscow’s Red Square will traditionally take place on May 9, it said.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said earlier that this year the Victory Day Parade on Moscow’s Red Square would involve over 9,000 troops, 75 weapons systems and also aircraft. Overall, military parades will take place in 28 Russian cities on May 9 and involve more than 50,000 troops and about 1,000 items of armament and military hardware.