Every May 9, citizens of Russia, Serbia and Belarus commemorate Victory Day, which remembers the triumph over Nazi Germany in World War II. The carnations or the song Den Pobedy (Victory Day) These are some of the signs of this day, which Russians celebrate in Moscow’s Red Square.
It is about the most important national holiday for Russia and various international personalities from different countries come to it. In Europe, as in the United States, this day is celebrated on May 8 and is known as VE (Victory in Europe) Day. There are several versions that explain the reason why this day is celebrated on two different dates for Europe and Russia. Some advocate the time difference, while others relate it to the fact that the fighting lasted for another day on the eastern front.
Although the initial objective of this date was to commemorate the end of the deadliest war so far, little by little it has lost this feature, becoming a propaganda and ideological tool of the Russian state.
This year marks the 80 birthday On this day and on the occasion of this celebration, as usual, Putin will invite various foreign leaders to whom he will try to show his arsenal and military power, at a time when the conflict he maintains with Ukraine is about to reach its third anniversary. years of duration.
One of the powers that has been invited this year has been USA And if he does come, it is most likely that the envoy will be from Republican Donald Trump’s entourage. It should be noted that when this date was celebrated during the Republican’s previous term, the then US National Security Advisor, Robert O’Brien, attended the commemorative event.
However, Trump himself did not attend due to the pressures he had to face, since it was his first term as president. Since that moment, No one else from the American administration has attended the event due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Now, after the change of administration in the United States, according to the digital newspaper Medusa, citing sources close to the Kremlin, Russia expects a “great guest” from the United States to attend on May 9. Although the source has not said who it is, he has assured that if it were Trump it would be “fantastic.”
It is expected that during the event Putin will make a speech in which, in addition to talking about this daywill mention the course of the war with Ukraine, according to the same sources. Meanwhile, others assure that due to the enormous war and economic effort that the country has made, there will not be an overly ostentatious act.
