The Kremlin has published a list of heads of delegations arriving in Moscow on May 9.
On May 7, the Kremlin's Maks messenger channel published a list of heads of foreign delegations who will arrive in Moscow to celebrate Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War.
Among the guests are President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, leader of Abkhazia Badra Gunba and his wife, President of Laos Thonglong Sisulit and the supreme ruler of Malaysia Sultan Ibrahim.
President of South Ossetia Alan Gagloev, President of Republika Srpska Sinisa Karan, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico, Chairman of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska (RS) Nenad Stevandic and his wife, as well as Chairman of the Union of Independent Social Democrats Milorad Dodik and his wife will also arrive in Moscow.
Earlier in the day, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that a number of foreign leaders themselves had expressed a desire to visit Moscow on May 9. He noted that military personnel and planes will fly by on foot at the Victory Day Parade, and there will also be a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin. There are no plans to demonstrate military equipment this year.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on April 30 that the high-level representation of many countries at the Victory Day Parade in Moscow shows that the guests share the importance of the May 9 holiday.
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