INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
be speaking to his own country.The Russian leader is expected to host at least 29 foreign leaders, largely from fellow autocracies and
the invasion of Ukraine.The Kremlin hopes to use this high turnout as a signal to its adversaries that their efforts to isolate Russia over
the Ukraine invasion have failed, experts told The Moscow Times.Beyond this, it will use the spectacle of Victory Day commemorations to
candidly about a political matter.The leaders of every former Soviet nation except Ukraine, Georgia and the Baltic states are set to attend,
as are the heads of the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.Leaders of Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Cuba, Egypt,
important that [Brazilian President] Lula is coming
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Vladimir Putin and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon and attend the Victory Day parade
Even Kirill Dmitriev went to the United States despite being personally sanctioned
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carries significant emotional weight and unifying potential for Russians, the anonymous analyst said
And the holiday itself splits the nation, as many see the celebrations as Putin's personal project, not as May 9 in its usual and customary
