MOSCOW –
With a grand military parade on the Red Square in Moscow shows Russia of its military power to the world. Including new air defense systems that can operate in the extreme cold of the polar region attracted to president Putin over.
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The parade is held each year for the victory of the Soviet Union on nazi Germany to commemorate. It was the first time that the Tor-M, and the Pantsir SA luchtafweersystemen were shown.
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“The past teaches us that we must stay vigilant, and that the armed forces of Russia, each potential aggression to be able to resist”, said Putin in a speech.
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“But to the struggle with terrorism, extremism, neo-nazism and other threats effectively, to engage the whole international community come together… We are open for such cooperation,” said Putin.
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Due to the bad weather, it was an airshow, where aircraft above Syria, are deployed to make an appearance, canceled.
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Also elsewhere in the country , including on the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea, were military parades.
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The only foreign leader that the parade attended was the president of the republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon. In previous years, were also the German chancellor angela Merkel and Chinese president Xi Jinping.
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