Putin aims to display power in the military procession that achieves victory over Nazi Germany

President Vladimir F. Putin from Russia on Friday celebrates his country 80 years ago against Nazi Germany, where he heads a huge military parade in Moscow joined by the leader of China, Xi Jinping.

The event indicates the goal of Mr. Putin to show himself as a leader The coalition arising from the anti -Western and non -oceanic countries With Mr. Shi, who was sitting next to him on a position overlooking the red arena.

More than 20 other international figures, including President Luise Inessio Lula da Silva from Brazil, Prime Minister Robert Fico from Slovakia, and President Alexander Fotchik from Serbia. Some looked at the large number of foreign leaders as a sign of the global influence of Russia despite the Western efforts to isolate Mr. Putin after Moscow’s wide invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

But after three years of war, the military did not reflect Russia recorded the battlefield. The country’s army has not achieved a decisive victory, and it has only achieved gradual gains in Ukraine in recent months. The economy was also slowing due to low oil prices and high -preserved interest rates, as the country tries to tame inflation.

Over the past three years, Mr. Putin has tried to use the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany to give legitimacy to his conquest of Ukraine. But a moment was historically the largest secular event in the country and worked to unify many factions in the country instead turned into another point.