A number of World War II veterans from the US and UK were present at the victory day celebrations as private attendees.
A number of EU countries including the Czech Republic, Hungary and Greece came under US and/or EU pressure not to attend the Victory Day Parade due to the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the subsequent War in Donbass, resulting in Czech President Miloš Zeman subsequently banning the US ambassador from functions at Prague Castle. The UK was represented by the grandson of World War II leader British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Nicholas Soames.
In all, around 30 international leaders attended the parade, including heads of UNESCO and the Council of Europe, with invitations having been sent to 68 heads of state. United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.President of Vietnam, Trương Tấn Sang.President of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov.President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić.Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanić.President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon.President of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev.President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev.President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma.President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades.President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas.Participants of the Victory Day parade versus Important dignitaries in attendance and parade information It is estimated that up to 12 million Russians participated nationwide in the 2015 March of the Immortal Regiment. The Moscow leg of this parade, which is an annual Victory Day tradition called the March of the Immortal Regiment and observed in numerous other Russian cities and in several other countries, was led by President Putin whose father served during the war. In addition to troops of the Russian Federation, 1,300 troops from 10 foreign countries were also on parade, including contingents from China, India, Serbia, and Mongolia, all four countries making their first appearance at a Russian Victory Day parade.įollowing the official parade, over 500,000 Russians and foreign attendees marched through central Moscow in commemoration of those who perished and those who survived World War II. Oleg Salyukov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, was the 2015 commander. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin delivered his twelfth holiday address to the nation on this day, right after the parade inspection that was presided by Minister of Defense General of the Army Sergey Shoygu.īeing a landmark jubilee parade honoring the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory in the European continent, the 2015 parade was the largest and most lavish held in Russian history. The annual parade marks the Allied victory in the Second World War at the Eastern Front, on the same day as the signing of the German act of capitulation to the Allies in Berlin, at midnight of (Russian time). The 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a parade that took place in Red Square in Moscow on to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. Soldiers at the 70th anniversary Victory Day Parade
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