It’s hardly “Putin’s” victory parade.
The role of the Soviet Union in victory over Germany was enormous.
A few days ago I asked ChatGPT for a list of foreign leaders expected to attend the May 9 parade.
Attendance is pretty broad.
Presidents of Belarus, Kazahkstan, Tajikistan, Krygistan, Brazil, Hungary. Modi of India said he would attend, but he backed out when Pakistan started shooting. He’s sending a senior defense ministry guy. Turkmenistan, Cuba and Laos, all prez’s coming.
Foreign ministers from China, Serbia, Venezuela.
It listed US as attending with senior foreign ministry personnel. Also, Trump has said at some point that various patriotic orgs like American Legion and VFW may be asked to provide attendees for foreign events, at gov’t expense. GPT mentioned this.
If Stalin hadn't killed 20 million of his own people, Germany probably wouldn't have crossed the Russian border.
Is also there a parade to celebrate Stalin’s role in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact also known as the Soviet-Nazi pact?