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WWII / 9 May 2025
World leaders in Moscow to mark 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat
LtoR: Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025
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LEADERS from across the globe joined Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today to mark the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Mr Putin presided over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops through Red Square on Russia’s most important secular holiday.

The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in the “Great Patriotic War” from 1941 to 1945. 

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