Lula, Xi and Putin celebrate the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II

Russia is preparing to remember the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, a historic date when the Soviet Union sealed the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The traditional celebration of the feat of May 9, 1945 takes place next Friday (9), with a civic-military parade in the capital Moscow.

In addition to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the ceremony will be attended by presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) and Xi Jinping (China). The first lady Janja Lula da Silva has already landed in Moscow. It will fulfill a series of agendas linked to the Brazilian community in Russia and the global alliance against hunger and poverty.

Lula’s arrival is scheduled for Thursday (8). The Brazilian entourage will board on Tuesday (6), at 10 pm, from Brasilia. Senate President David Alcolumbre (Brazil-AP Union) is part of the mission. Lula will be in Russia until Saturday (10), then departed to China, where he will participate in the 4th China-Celac Forum (Latin American and Caribbean States Community).

According to the Chinese official press, Xi Jinping will visit Russia for four days, from 7 to 10 May. China also celebrates its victory in the “War of Resistance of the Chinese people against Japanese aggression,” another milestone in the 2nd Great War.

“Like the two main theaters of Asia and Europe in World War II, China and Russia have made a lot of sacrifice and great historical contributions to ensure victory in the anti-fascist World War, save their respective nations from ruin and also save the future of humanity,” said a spokesman for the China Foreign Ministry. “With a historical view of a strategic height, President XI and President Putin guided China-Russian relations in the New Age forever advance.”

BRICS

The commemoration of Victory Day was the agenda of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting, held on April 28 and 29, in Rio de Janeiro. According to the presidency statement, released at the end of the meeting, World War II “brought deep suffering to humanity, particularly in Europe, Africa, Asia, Pacific and other parts of the world.”

The chancelors gave “full support to Resolution 79/272 of the United Nations General Assembly on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, on this historical event, which established the conditions for the creation of the United Nations, designed to protect future generations from the flagella of war”.

In Russia, the greatest war conflict in history – which extended from 1939 to 1945 – is called the great patriotic war. It is estimated that at least 70 million people died from the war-and that 20 million of these victims were Soviet, among civilians and military. There are scholars, however, that account for 85 million losses, of which 27 million would be Soviet.