The leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the self-proclaimed republics will arrive in Moscow on May 9

The presidents of the self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia Alan Gagloev and Badra Gunba will attend the Victory Parade in Moscow. It also became known earlier about the arrival of the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia - Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan.

In addition, the leaders of 16 other countries confirmed their participation in the events in Moscow. Among them there are no leaders of the other victorious countries in the Second World War - the USA, Great Britain and France. On May 9, only the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, and the President of the Republic of Serbia (including Bosnia and Herzegovina), Milorad Dodik, will come to the Russian Federation from European countries.

Earlier, the leadership of the European Union opposed the participation of the leaders of European countries in the parade in Moscow, calling instead to come to Kyiv on May 9.

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