Russian President Vladimir Putinwill receive from tomorrow, Wednesday, the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping; to the Slovak Prime Minister, Robert I amand the leaders of Latin American countries such as Brazil, Venezuela or Cuba, within the framework of the celebrations for 80 Anniversary of the Red Army Victory over Nazi Germany In World War II. “It is very important to note that, despite the current hostile attitude of some Western countries to Russia, we are celebrating very successful international acts,” said Yuri Ushakov, international advisor to the Kremlin. Ukraine threatens to await the Kremlin party with the launch on Tuesday of more than a hundred drones, of which more than 20 were heading to Moscow.
Like the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Greeneryhas rejected the three -day truce -8.9 and May 10- declared by the Kremlin, the Russian authorities have reinforced the Security measures In the capital, which includes the restriction of Internet access. The guest of honor to the holidays will be XI, who did not visit Russia since March 2023 and whose country also participated in the world contest. “The main event of May 8 is the official visit of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping,” said Ushakov, who added that the leaders will adopt two joint statements.
The first document will be around the deepening of the integral association between the two countries and the second, on global strategic security. China, who presented in the middle of the war its own peace initiative, has been recently accused by Ukraine of sending soldiers and supplying military equipment to Russia, which has been flatly denied by Beijing. Ushakov recalled that XI already participated in 2015 in the celebrations for the 70 years of victory over the Hitler Troops and also announced a visit from Putin to China at the end of August or early September of this year.
Fico in the celebrations
Fico will be the only leader of a country in the European Union (EU) that attends the celebrations, which includes a great military parade in the Red Square with the participation of Russian troops, Chinese and 12 other countries. Putin and Fico will address bilateral cooperation and international issues such as war in Ukraine, in which Bratislava has always defended a position closer to the Kremlin than Brussels. During the last weeks the Slovak Prime Minister had labeled Brussels’s calls as “disrespectful.
The presence of Fico, who assured that in Moscow he will pay tribute to the Soviet soldiers who released his country, contrasts with the position of the Hungarian leader, Víktor Orban, who declined the invitation, since in Hungary the glories of the Red Army in Eastern Europe are not so well seen. Recently, Putin celebrated the courage of European leaders who will travel to Moscow, which includes the Serbian leader, Aleksandar Vucic, despite what he called “threats” from Brussels.
Lula in the Kremlin
Putin will also reserve a hole in his busy schedule on May 9 for the president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who could not attend the summit of the BRICS Group last October in the Russian city of Kazán. Lula, who does not visit the Kremlin since 2010, when the president was Dmitri Medvedev, said he travels to Russia in peace. “Brazil, together with China, began the creation of the group of friends of La Paz in Ukraine (…) During the visit (De Lula), Brazilian activities will be discussed within this group, as well as the situation in Ukraine in general,” said Ushakov.
According to the Brazilian press, Lula will travel to Moscow in a peace mission, in an attempt to position his country as a possible mediator between Russia and Ukraine, a role that the United States has assumed lately. “Moscow continues the work with the American part,” said Dmitri Peskov, spokesman for Kremlin today.
Putin will also receive tomorrow, Wednesday, the leaders of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, two of his main allies in Latin America. With Maduro, whose country was defined by the Kremlin as a reliable partner, will sign with the Russian leader an interstatal agreement on strategic association and cooperation. The last visit of the Bolivarian leader to Kazan ended badly, since Brazil opposed his entry into the BRICS due to the accusations of electoral fraud. As for Díaz-Canel, he will meet tomorrow with Putin after addressing Monday in St. Petersburg the opening of direct flights between Havana and this Russian city, the second in the country.
