Thursday, Putin y Xi They set their hands and emitted a joint declaration in which They condemned the “double containment” policy of the United States and the expansion of NATO in the Asia-Pacific region. They also asked to abandon pressure on North Koreaanother ally of Moscow.
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“The parties firmly urge the relevant countries to leave the policies of unilateral and pressure coercive measures against the Democratic Popular Republic of Korea, as well as the tendency to militarization in the northeast of Asia and the actions that cause confrontation”affirms the statement, according to the official Tass agency.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, attend the military Victory day Parade in the Red Square, in the center of Moscow, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / AFP)./ Gavril Grigorov
The document underlines the need to adopt concrete measures to reduce tensions and eliminate the risks of armed incidents and large -scale military conflicts in the Korean peninsula.
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, attend a meeting after bilateral conversations. (EFE/EPA/Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/Kremlin).
The guests of Putin They come from four continents, including several leaders considered authoritarian by the West and human rights organizations, the EFE agency remarked.
In addition to Xi JinpingBrazil’s president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Moscow; the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro; and that of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel.
Also the controversial leaders of African countries such as Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré; and Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang; the leader of the Military Board of Burma, Min Aung Hlaing;, and the authoritarian Belarusian president, Alexandr Lukashenko.
A great absent is the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, who stayed in his country due to the military escalation with Pakistan.
By North Koreahis ambassador will be represented in Russia, the same will happen with Iran.
A tripolar world
Andrés Gómez de la Torrespecialist in defense and intelligence issues, he told Commerce what A tripolar world formed by the United States, Russia and China is emerging.
“Obviously, in this new tripolar world there is A marked approach between Moscow and Beijing in front of the United States ”, said.
“Y It is necessary to remember in this context the divorce that the European Union is having with its old ally United Statess. Today the European Union is articulating a defense and security policy that aims to become independent and achieve some autonomy of the United States. It will depend a lot on how Europe facing its relationship with the United States to counter this scenario of a great convergence between Russia and China, which is of course a direct threat to the general interests of the European Union ”Gómez de la Torre said.
The analyst stressed that this parade for the 80 years of the Victory Day It is a perfect opportunity for Russia to show the consolidation of its alliances in the middle of a very complex world geopolitics. “It is a fundamental event for Russian nationalism,” he said.
He explained that the concern of China With respect to NATO. He recalled that in the beginning, the Atlantic Alliance began to slide in its speeches the threat of communism and the Soviet Union after the end of the Cold war, and spoke a lot about the theme of China, until the war between Russia and Ukraine broke out in February 2022 and the approach moved to Putin.
Trump and the truce
United States President Donald Trump and his counterpart from Russia Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018. (Photo AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Archive)./ Pablo Martinez Monsivis
Victory Day is also commemorated in the middle of a high unilateral fire of 72 hours announced by Putin and that midnight on Wednesday came into force.
This brief truce occurs in a context in which the president of the United States, Donald Trump, He has not been able to impose his conditions on Putin to accept entering into a negotiation with Ukraine that contemplates in the end of the war.
“It seems that it is difficult to twist Putin’s hand. I think there are Russian maximalist views where they will not go back, and the proof is that Trump’s great promise to solve the Russian-Ukrainian problem the day after his command has fallen into a broken bag. And at this time there is a slowdown of American proactivity on this issue, ”said Gómez de la Torre.
“Now, with a strengthened Putin, because it has not gone badly militarily in recent times, and with this convergence of China, it can definitely sustain its cards and its original objects of the war,” he added.
The analyst considered that the big problem for Ukraine is that if he intends to perform military operations in this truce, he has to take into consideration very seriously the presence of the Chinese president and other allied powers of Russia, because any military action that involves arriving in Moscow will simply complicate the military and diplomatic position of kyiv.
What Russia will show
Russian military vehicles travel through the Dvortsovaya square during the general trial of the Military Parade of Victory Day in downtown San Petersburg, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Olga Maltseva / AFP)./ Olga Maltseva
The EFE agency explained that the legendary Soviet tanks T-34 will open the parade in the Red Square in Moscow, where the modern intercontinental ballistic missiles Yars will also circulate, capable of carrying nuclear eyelets and that have a reach of up to 12,000 kilometers. And you can see the assault drones that are being used against Ukraine.
In total, some 130 Russian war machines will participate in the military parade, which will have, in addition to Russian troops, with soldiers from thirteen countries, including China.
The modernized T-80BVM will also parade, with turbine propellants and a dynamic defense system against antiblying projectiles. and artillery pieces such as the 152 Caliber Malva, mounted on a BAZ chassis with eight wheels, and BTR-82A armored transport.
In addition, the Iskander ballistic missiles will participate in the stop, capable of carrying nuclear eyelets, and frequently used in the war in Ukraine.
