RUSSIAN VICTORY DAY PARADE FULL

RUSSIAN VICTORY DAY PARADE FULL

While most of 14,000 troops marching in the parade were Russian, forces from 13 other nations - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan - took part as well.Įnjoying this article? Click here to subscribe for full access. In Moscow, the parade went on as rescheduled. Get briefed on the story of the week, and developing stories to watch across the Asia-Pacific. Upon returning to Bishkek, the president is reportedly going to self-isolate for three days while the two who tested positive will be in two-week quarantine.

Jeenbekov tested negative but out of caution, decided to miss the festivities. And the pandemic is why Jeenbekov skipped the parade despite traveling all the way to Moscow.Īccording to the Kyrgyz president’s office, two members of Jeenbekov’s delegation - a bodyguard and the head of the presidential office’s foreign policy unit - tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Moscow. It’s the first time since the 1995 resolution of annual military parades that it has been postponed.

Russia’s annual Victory Day celebration, traditionally held on May 9, was delayed to June 24 by the coronavirus pandemic. Also in attendance were the de facto leaders of Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and the Bosnian Serb member of Bosnia’s multiethnic presidency, Milorad Dodik. The presidents of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan bring up the rear. One video clip shows Tajik President Emomali Rahmon chatting Putin up at the front of the line, followed by the presidents of Belarus, Moldova, and Serbia. Kyrgyz citizens tuning into livestream broadcasts of Russia’s (belated) Victory Day parade on June 24 expected to not just see Kyrgyz soldiers marching through Red Square but the face of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov in the stands near Russia’s Vladimir Putin, alongside other notable leaders.īut although cameras caught Jeenbekov’s visit to the Kremlin earlier in the day, as 24.kg pointed out he’s nowhere to be found in later shots of the gathered leaders walking alongside Putin.

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