Putin and invited foreign leaders lay wreath to Tomb of Unknown Soldier on Victory Day

Record ID: 1815326

  • Title: Putin and invited foreign leaders lay wreath to Tomb of Unknown Soldier on Victory Day
  • Date: 9th May 2024
  • Summary: PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (MAY 8, 2024) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PANAMA'S PRESIDENT-ELECT, JOSE RAUL MULINO, SAYING: "I am positive and optimistic. I have noticed a lot of acceptance in the private sector regarding my presidency and before my candidacy. I come from the private sector. I have said a thousand times that this will be a pro-private enterprise and pro-investme
  • Embargoed: 23rd May 2024 10:34
  • Keywords: Ceremony Parade Putin Russia
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA001125509052024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of Kazakhstan, Laos, Guinea-Bissau, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Turkmenistan, and Cuba took part in wreath laying ceremony on Thursday (May 9) at the end of the Victory Day parade in Moscow.
    Russia marked the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two as relations with the West spiral deeper into crisis over the advance of Russian troops against Ukraine's Western-backed forces.
    Putin and the foreign presidents laid flowers to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall.
    There were no leaders from the West.
    Russian officials warn that the Ukraine war is entering the most dangerous phase to date - Putin has repeatedly warned of the risk of a much broader war involving the world's biggest nuclear powers.
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