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Senators Urge US Intelligence To Fill Iran Gaps In Worldwide Threat Assessment
PoliticalNews.me (press release) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio led a group of seven Republican senators in a letter to Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, Jr. expressing concern that the 2015 Worldwide Threat Assessment did not fully represent Iran's ... |
The Pentagon raised its protection from level Alpha to Bravo Friday for military bases across the country after FBI Director James Comey reported that ISIL is recruiting “hundreds, maybe thousands” of potential terrorists in the US. The Pentagon's action will affect all of its installations, said Air Force Lt. Col. Tom Crosson, a Pentagon spokesman. The heightened security level followed the foiled attack in Garland, Texas, involving two ISIL sympathizers, one of whom, Elton Simpson, was long known to the federal authorities.
President Vladimir Puitn staged in Moscow Saturday the biggest parade ever to mark the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s World War II victory over Nazi Germany. Tens of thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square, along with Russia’s largest nuclear missiles and new hardware, including the Armata T-14 tank. As crowds of Russian spectators filled Moscow for the event, some 20 world leaders joined Putin on the saluting stand, including the Presidents of China, India, Egypt and Kazakhstan. Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would be coming to Moscow Sunday. In his address to the parade, the Russian president said: “We have seen attempts to create a unipolar world. Now we call for a new world order that promises security to all nations.
An indelible image from World War II shows U.S. and Soviet soldiers shaking hands at the Elbe River two weeks before the Nazi surrender -- the most powerful Allies meeting at Europe's heart after closing in on Germany from opposite sides. the most powerful Allies meeting at Europe's heart after closing in on Germany from opposite sides.
The U.S. and Europe marked Friday the 70th anniversary of what is known as Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day - the day in 1945 when Nazi troops laid down their arms, ending World War II on the continent.
U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
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Militants belonging to the ISIL Takfiri group, operating mainly in Iraq and Syria, are now said to be training Taliban militants in a northern province of Afghanistan.
Beijing aims to press ahead with its military buildup program in an attempt to prevent the repetition of the humiliating experiences of World War II, the media outlet of the Chinese army says.
Military observers believe the first joint naval drill of Chinese and Russian naval forces in the Mediterranean Sea suggests the two countries' determination to further strengthen their military ties amid potential international conflicts.
China has started building artificial islands in the South China Sea at a greater rate than ever to boost its territorial claims in the area, a U.S. Defense Department senior official said Friday.
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The US military has bolstered security at bases across the country as a precaution after the FBI voiced concern that Islamist extremists could target troops or police officers, officials said Friday.
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The leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region insisted Friday that the United States should arm his forces fighting the Islamic State group directly instead of passing though the federal government in Baghdad.
Russia readied for a grandiose Red Square military parade Saturday to mark 70 years since the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, but Western leaders were going to stay away due to the Ukraine crisis.
President Obama's selection of Marine Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff seems to have done the impossible — created consensus in Washington.
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Move Over, France—Here Comes China
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Images show Vietnam reclaiming land in South China Sea
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China Parades Closer Ties in Moscow
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Russia and China Pledge Not to Hack Each Other
Wall Street Journal (blog) China, meanwhile, this week cited “cyberspace sovereignty” to propose an update to its national security law that would make it illegal to launch network attacks, conduct cyber theft or disseminate material deemed unlawful and harmful. “For Russia the ... Russia and China promise not to hack each otherEngadget Russia and China Sign Mutual No-Hacking PledgeBreitbart News Russia, China unite with major cyber pactThe Hill all 8 news articles » |
Military raises security measures at bases nationwide
Military Times The four-star commander who oversees U.S. military operations in North America ordered domestic military bases nationwide to increase their force protection measures amid heightened concern about terrorist threats. Adm. Bill Gortney, commander of the ... Some people alarmed as drill ups security at military bases in Pikes Peak regionColorado Springs Gazette all 6 news articles » |
Military Raises Security Status at US Bases Because of ISIS Threat
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US asks China to investigate cyber attack targeting US sites
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Security level at military bases increased
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BERKELEY – If the world should have learned one thing from the recent months of tensions between Russia and the West, it is that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategic ambition and skill should never be underestimated. It is in this light that the West should view Putin’s recent overtures to some within the European Union.
Putin may or may not truly believe that last year’s anti-Russian uprising in Ukraine was the direct result of interference by the United States and the European Union. But there can be no doubting his awareness of the role that European ideals – and the possibility of EU membership – has played in motivating the struggle in Ukraine and constraining his actions.
The popular desire to join Europe’s community of democratic states was a key force behind the collapse of right-wing dictatorships in Greece, Spain, and Portugal in the 1970s. It also played a critical role in the collapse of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And it certainly contributed to the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych – a key Putin ally – in 2014. Indeed, the existence of a European model continues to guide and encourage those pursuing transparent, democratic governance in many post-communist countries.
There is no question that Putin would benefit from the EU’s demise. Europe’s attractiveness as a model of democratic governance would be greatly weakened. Aspiring EU member states would turn elsewhere. Indeed, some current EU members, such as Hungary, where Euroskepticism and illiberal sentiment are already widespread, might be tempted to follow Putin down the path toward authoritarian rule. And countries in the region would be more exposed to Russian pressure and the temptations of Russian patronage.
Putin knows this, which is why the Kremlin has been reaching out to Euroskeptic parties and groups from both extremes of the political spectrum. In some cases, Russia may have actually provided financial assistance to these groups. In November, for example, Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front, acknowledged that her party received a €9 million ($11 million) loan from a Russian state-owned bank.
Meanwhile, Russian oligarchs have been purchasing European newspapers, including The Independent, The Evening Standard, and France-Soir. The French newspaper Libération recently highlighted the extent of pro-Putin connections in French academia, think tanks (on both the left and the right), media, and business networks. And the state-owned energy giant Gazprom has been suspected of bankrolling anti-fracking activism in Lithuania and Romania.
Putin’s efforts appear to be bearing fruit. Despite the ongoing tensions between Russia and the West – or perhaps because of them – Putin enjoys remarkable support among some European intellectuals and politicians. The Kremlin’s portrayals of the uprising in Ukraine as a fascist coup, and of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and support for Ukrainian separatists as defensive, have been reproduced through a dense network of Putin supporters – including the Princeton University professor Stephen F. Cohen, Czech President Miloš Zeman, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the German leftist Matthias Platzeck, and the Dutch rightist Geert Wilders – and media outlets.
Putin’s narrative may be reminiscent of Soviet propaganda. But that has not prevented it from being embraced by many at a time when the European project is already under great stress from the continent’s economic crisis.
A battle of values is looming. In one corner is the EU, standing for democracy, freedom, the rule of law, and institutionalized international cooperation; in the other stands Putin, representing authoritarianism, intolerance, and the use of force and intimidation as instruments of foreign policy.
Unfortunately, the European establishment is not doing enough to counter Moscow’s anti-European, divide-and-rule offensive. That is particularly true in Berlin, where the German government continues to promote austerity in the eurozone in the face of anemic economic growth and widespread unemployment.
If Putin has indeed set out to destroy the EU, such an approach is the best way to help him. Europe is in desperate need of growth, and achieving it will require bold leadership from the EU’s most important member state, Germany, and its most important leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel. The German public must be made to understand what is at stake – and why continuing on the current path could end up delivering the EU into Putin’s hands.
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If the world should have learned one thing from the recent months of tensions between Russia and the West, it is that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategic ambition and skill should never be underestimated. It is in this light that the West should view Putin’s recent overtures to some within the European Union.
Putin may or may not truly believe that last year’s anti-Russian uprising in Ukraine was the direct result of interference by the United States and the European Union. But there can be no doubting his awareness of the role that European ideals — and the possibility of EU membership — has played in motivating the struggle in Ukraine and constraining his actions.
The popular desire to join Europe’s community of democratic states was a key force behind the collapse of right-wing dictatorships in Greece, Spain, and Portugal in the 1970s. It also played a critical role in the collapse of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And it certainly contributed to the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych — a key Putin ally — in 2014.
Indeed, the existence of a European model continues to guide and encourage those pursuing transparent, democratic governance in many post-communist countries.
There is no question that Putin would benefit from the EU’s demise. Europe’s attractiveness as a model of democratic governance would be greatly weakened. Aspiring EU member states would turn elsewhere. Indeed, some current EU members, such as Hungary, where Euroskepticism and illiberal sentiment are already widespread, might be tempted to follow Putin down the path toward authoritarian rule. And countries in the region would be more exposed to Russian pressure and the temptations of Russian patronage.
Putin knows this, which is why the Kremlin has been reaching out to Euroskeptic parties and groups from both extremes of the political spectrum. In some cases, Russia may have actually provided financial assistance to these groups. In November, for example, Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front, acknowledged that her party received a €9 million ($11 million) loan from a Russian state-owned bank.
Meanwhile, Russian oligarchs have been purchasing European newspapers, including The Independent, The Evening Standard, and France-Soir. The French newspaper Libération recently highlighted the extent of pro-Putin connections in French academia, think tanks (on both the left and the right), media, and business networks. And the state-owned energy giant Gazprom has been suspected of bankrolling anti-fracking activism in Lithuania and Romania.
Putin’s efforts appear to be bearing fruit. Despite the ongoing tensions between Russia and the West — or perhaps because of them — Putin enjoys remarkable support among some European intellectuals and politicians. The Kremlin’s portrayals of the uprising in Ukraine as a fascist coup, and of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and support for Ukrainian separatists as defensive, have been reproduced through a dense network of Putin supporters — including the Princeton University professor Stephen F. Cohen, Czech President Miloš Zeman, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the German leftist Matthias Platzeck, and the Dutch rightist Geert Wilders — and media outlets.
Putin’s narrative may be reminiscent of Soviet propaganda. But that has not prevented it from being embraced by many at a time when the European project is already under great stress from the continent’s economic crisis.
A battle of values is looming. In one corner is the EU, standing for democracy, freedom, the rule of law and institutionalized international cooperation; in the other stands Putin, representing authoritarianism, intolerance, and the use of force and intimidation as instruments of foreign policy.
Unfortunately, the European establishment is not doing enough to counter Moscow’s anti-European, divide-and-rule offensive. That is particularly true in Berlin, where the German government continues to promote austerity in the eurozone in the face of anemic economic growth and widespread unemployment.
If Putin has indeed set out to destroy the EU, such an approach is the best way to help him. Europe is in desperate need of growth, and achieving it will require bold leadership from the EU’s most important member state, Germany, and its most important leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel. The German public must be made to understand what is at stake — and why continuing on the current path could end up delivering the EU into Putin’s hands.
Yuriy Gorodnichenko is a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Gérard Roland is a professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Edward W. Walker is a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, and executive director of the Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies. © Project Syndicate, 2015.
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When Russian President Vladimir Putin uses military force to menace Ukraine’s democracy and seize chunks of its territory, when he uses authoritarian laws to crack down on homosexuals and minorities and imprison dissidents, there are those among us, including a record number of elected politicians, who cheer.
A generation ago, Moscow’s fans and enablers would have all been on the far left. Today, with the exception of a marginal group of leftists motivated by anti-Americanism, Mr. Putin’s cheerleaders are all conservatives – some in the United States and Canada, and a record number who have just come to power in Europe.
Last week’s European Parliament elections saw a record number of Putin-admiring and Putin-emulating parties elected to Brussels. Some of these parties are anti-European Union, some are anti-immigrant, some are outright racist and anti-Semitic. They don’t tend to get along with one another, but one thing that unites them is an outspoken admiration for Mr. Putin.
Nigel Farage, the leader of the suddenly powerful United Kingdom Independence Party, used a magazine interview during the campaign to praise the Russian President, calling him the world leader he most admires. “Compared with the kids who run foreign policy in this country, I’ve more respect for him than our lot,” he said at a public event.
In words widely reported in the Russian media, he added that the EU has “blood on its hands” for supporting the democracy movement in Ukraine. Rather than posing a threat to Europe, Mr. Farage said, Russia has fallen prey to Europe’s “activist, militarist and expansionist foreign policy.”
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front (which sent the lion’s share of French representatives to Brussels) is an even greater admirer. “I think he puts the interests of Russia and the Russian people first, so in this regard, I have the same amount of respect for him as for Ms. Merkel,” Ms. Le Pen said this week, adding that “a lot of things are said about Russia because for years it has been demonized on U.S. orders.” She, like her comrades across Europe, wants to end sanctions against Russia and restore “traditional, friendly” relations.
Geert Wilders, the mop-haired head of the Freedom Party in the Netherlands, has blamed the conflict in eastern Ukraine not on Russia but on “shameless Europhiles with their dreams of empire.” Ukraine’s democracy movement and the pro-European government it elected last week, he said, are run by “National Socialists, Jew-haters and other anti-democrats.” (In fact, extreme-right and anti-Semitic parties attracted about 2 per cent of the vote in the recent Ukrainian election.)
In the minds of such politicians, Europe’s response to Moscow’s incursions hasn’t been slow and mild; it’s been excessive. “We have always been told the European Union stands for peace,” Mr. Wilders said. “Now, we know better – the EU stands for war-mongering.”
These Westerners aren’t backing Mr. Putin out of pure Russophilia. Rather, they admire his embrace of a Christian and mono-ethnic identity for greater Russia, and his aggressive action against what they see as their enemies: European diversity and open borders, and minority groups – especially homosexuals and Muslims. Like them, Mr. Putin embraces the old conspiracy holding that Muslims are secretly plotting to take over Europe, a key plank for these parties.
That’s why North American right-wing anti-immigration activists, generally affiliated with the Republican Party and the right fringe of Canada’s Conservatives, have rushed to back Mr. Putin and the European parties that admire him.
American anti-Muslim activist Robert Spencer made a point of appearing on the Russia Today network (shortly after most of its American staff had quit and denounced it as a Kremlin propaganda outlet) to attack the United States and endorse Mr. Putin’s approach toward Muslim minorities. “Barack Obama is somebody who has been embarrassed on the world stage by Vladimir Putin more than once,” Mr. Spencer said.
And Ezra Levant, the right-wing pundit with Canada’s Sun Media, cheered France’s National Front, Britain’s UKIP and the other Putin-backing parties for their European election victories, praising their embrace of Putinist ideas: “The EU’s de facto abolition of borders … has let millions of migrants move from the poorer parts of the EU to the richer ones,” he explained, warning of “mass Islamic immigration that contains large elements refusing to accept Western, liberal values.”
Their victory is, he said, “a rejection of Obamaism, and a return to common sense, national conservatism. You could say it’s a bit of Stephen Harperism.”
To be fair, Mr. Harper has never endorsed such ideas. It is actually a bit of Vladimir Putinism.
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As Instapundit points out in comparing Obama’s actions vis-à-vis police, Obama honored Freddie Gray — who, according to CNN, had over 20 criminal cases filed against him before his death in police custody — by sending Cabinet Secretary Broderick Johnson, chair of the Obama administration’s My Brother’s Keeper Task Force; Heather Foster, an adviser in the White House Office of Public Engagement; and Elias Alcantara from the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs to his funeral.
The Washington Post reported Obama sent three government officials to Michael Brown’s funeral: Johnson and two officials who worked in the White House Office of Public Engagement, Marlon Marshall and Heather Foster. Brown robbed a convenience store before his fatal encounter with Officer Darren Wilson.
Both Gray and Brown were black.
Yet at the funeral on Friday for Officer Brian Moore, 25, a white NYPD officer who was cold-bloodedly murdered by a black man, Obama sent no one, according to New York 1, despite the fact that tens of thousands of uniformed officers stood in formation outside the church and hundreds of others attended the funeral inside.
The NYPD reported that Moore and another officer, Erik Jansen, 30, were sitting in an unmarked police vehicle in Queens last Saturday when they saw Demetrius Blackwell adjusting something in his waistband. Moore pulled up behind Blackwell, who allegedly pulled a gun from his waistband andopened fire on both officers.
Deputy Inspector Mike Coyle of the NYPD said of Moore, “He was every commanding officer’s dream. If I had an army of Brian Moores, there’d be no crime in the city. He could walk into a room, and his smile would turn your day around if you were having a bad day. A real crime fighter, a true believer, a heart of gold.” Moore had made close to 160 arrests in his brief career and received two exceptional police service medals. On his off-days on Mondays, he always visited his mother.
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ВЕНА, 9 мая — РИА Новости, Андрей Золотов. Акция "Бессмертный полк" впервые прошла в субботу у памятника советскому воину-освободителю в Вене. Десятки российских соотечественников из Австрии и некоторых соседних стран прошли маршем с портретами своих предков, советских солдат, и остановились у памятника в полдень по местному времени.
Акция органично вписалась в ставший уже традиционным в этот день неформальный сбор российских соотечественников на площади Шварценбергплац, где уже в августе 1945 года был установлен монумент победоносной Советской армии. В этот день сюда приходят сотни живущих или оказавшихся в эти дни в Австрии россиян и граждан других постсоветских государств, они кладут цветы к венкам, возложенным накануне дипломатическими представительствами и официальными делегациями.
Перед тем, как колонна акции "Бессмертный полк" приблизилась к монументу и была выключена аудиозапись песни "День Победы", сотни стоявших здесь соотечественников сами хором допели ее до конца.
После минуты молчания под аплодисменты и крики "Ура" участников акции поздравил с Днем Победы ныне живущий в Австрии участник боев за Вену Владимир Располыхин. Он рассказал, как накануне вместе с президентом Австрии Хайнцом Фишером участвовал в церемонии возложения венка у советского воинского захоронения на Центральном кладбище.
Затем микрофон взяла Мадина Аскеева из Казахстана, державшая в руках фотографию своего отца, который погиб в апреле 1945 года в 50 километрах от Вены. "Когда отца забрали в армию, мне было четыре года, я не знала слова "папа", но в 70-летие Победы мои дети привезли меня сюда, я побыла у памятника, где написаны его фамилия и имя в поселке Эрлих недалеко отсюда. Спасибо австрийскому народу, который сохраняет этот памятник", — сказала она.
Ирина Пашагич с дочерью и Елена Шиканич с портретами своих дедов и прадедов приехали для участия в акции "Бессмертный полк" из соседней Словении. "Я долго ничего не знала о своем дедушке, знала только, что он погиб, освобождая Белоруссию, а сейчас все эти сведения появились, открылись", — сказала Пашагич. Память о деде и двоюродном деде и желание передать память следующему поколению подвигла их участвовать в акции, говорит Пашагич. "Вторая причина — просто отдать дань тем воинам, которые положили свои жизни и прошли этот длинный путь войны", — сказала она.
Народные гуляния и выступления хоровых коллективов, вокальных ансамблей и чтецов у памятника на Шварценбергплац будут продолжаться до вечера. А фестиваль "Хоровая Вена", участники которого, включая хор "Молодые голоса" из Перми, выступают в субботу у памятника, продолжится в предстоящие дни в нескольких церквях и концертных залах австрийской столицы.
История Дня Победы
9 мая в России отмечается всенародный праздник — День Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941-1945 годов.
Великая Отечественная война началась на рассвете 22 июня 1941 года, когда фашистская Германия напала на Советский Союз. На ее стороне выступили Румыния, Италия, 23 июня к ним присоединились Словакия, 25 июня — Финляндия, 27 июня — Венгрия, 16 августа — Норвегия.
Война длилась почти четыре года и стала самым крупным вооруженным столкновением в истории человечества. Читайте подробнее >>
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МОСКВА, 8 мая — РИА Новости. Посол США в России Джон Теффт в пятницу возложил цветы к Могиле неизвестного солдата в Москве.
Американский дипломат заявил РИА Новости, что он и сотрудники посольства находятся "здесь, чтобы показать уважение за жертву стольких людей, как в Советском Союзе, так и союзников".
Он напомнил, что СССР и США были союзниками в борьбе против нацизма. "Сегодня мы здесь, чтобы почтить эту великую жертву", — сказал Теффт.
Вашингтон на торжествах в российской столице по случаю Дня Победы 9 мая будет представлен на уровне посла.
На Красной площади в Москве 9 мая пройдет юбилейный парад. Он будет одним из самых крупных и масштабных за всю историю праздника. Традиционно отметить победу над фашизмом Россия приглашает гостей из многих стран: на 70-летний юбилей Великой Победы приглашения получили 68 зарубежных лидеров, а также руководители ЮНЕСКО, ООН, ЕС и Совета Европы.
В торжественных мероприятиях в Москве по случаю 70-летия Победы примут участие около 30 глав государств и правительств зарубежных стран, руководителей международных организаций.
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Коммерсантъ Президент Украины Петр Порошенко и другие руководители страны возложили цветы к Вечному огню в парке Вечной славы на склонах Днепра. Президент вместе с ветеранами Великой Отечественной войны прошел по аллее парка и возложил букет живых цветов у подножия могилы ... Джон Теффт возложил цветы к Могиле неизвестного солдата в МосквеРИА Новости В Киеве проходят мероприятия в честь Дня победы (видео)ЛІГА.net В Киеве тысячи людей идут к могиле Неизвестного солдатаMIGnews.com.ua (пресс-релиз) РИА Новости Украина Все похожие статьи: 143 » |
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Russia has denied the claims that it has armed rebels in Ukraine and sent its regular armed forces across the border.
Hit by sanctions and a fall in the price of oil, a key export for Russia, the Russian economy faces recession this year. The International Monetary Fund forecasts the Russian economy to shrink 3.8 percent in 2015 and 1.1 percent in 2016.
Peskov told NBC that Western sanctions were not having a marked impact on Russia's economy.
"It [sanctions] hurts producers and farmers in the European Union," Peskov said. "During last year, a year of sanctions against Russia and a complete break in dialogue in different fields with the European Union and U.S., our volume of trade decreased about 30 percent with the EU and rose up to 7, 10 percent with the U.S., so it's tricky."
"So while European farmers are crying out at the disaster, American companies are enjoying a surplus. That is a question that will come for Washington and Brussels, not for us," Peskov added.
In contrast to the Western boycott of Russia's Victory Day parade, Chinese president Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow Friday to attend the event.
"Russia's annexation of Crimea and its intervention in eastern Ukraine was a game-changer," Nicholas Spiro, managing director at Spiro Sovereign Strategy in London, told CNBC.
"Although the blood-letting may have diminished significantly over the past few months, the east-west stand-off over Ukraine endures - and could easily flare up again given that there's still no political solution to the conflict," he added. "While many European countries would like to see a normalisation of relations with Russia, sanctions remain in place and Germany is standing firm for the time being."
He joins a number of Asian leaders who are expected to stand alongside the Russian president at the celebrations and further entrench a growing political divide.
"This is a practical reset of the symbolic political button," Chris Weafer, a senior partner at Macro-Advisory, told CNBC in a phone interview.
"It's a formally marked shift in Russia's political direction towards the East and …. and will counter almost 25 years of trying to engage with the West," he said.
The Kremlin will take the opportunity of the celebrations to hold an informal summit for members of the Eurasian Economic Council (EEC) and the Russian-led Commonwealth of Independent States, according to a Russian state press release. Leaders will welcome Kygyzstan into the fold, ahead of the former Soviet's state's approved membership to the EEC.
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MINSK, May 5 (TASS) - The United States Air Force Band will participate in May celebrations in Belarus marking 70 years since Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, the Belarusian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.
“American military musicians will perform at the Brest Hero-Fortress Memorial Complex on May 7. And on May 9, they will take part in a military parade in Minsk,” defence ministry spokesman Vladimir Makarov said, adding that participation of US servicemen in Victory Day celebrations provided evidence of “our policy of peace, which shows how to protect national interests and maintain peace and reconciliation.”
“This is more than a valuable and important lesson of World War II and our Great Victory,” Makarov said.
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MINSK, Belarus — U.S. servicemen have marched together with Russian soldiers in the Victory Day parade in Belarus.
The show of Allied unity in Minsk was in sharp contrast to the military parade in Moscow, which was shunned by the United States and most European countries because of Russia’s role in the Ukraine conflict.
Opening Saturday’s parade on the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said it was “deeply symbolic” that representatives of the U.S. and Russian armed forces were taking part.
Forty members of the U.S. Air Force band were among more than 5,000 troops in the parade.
Belarus, once part of the Soviet Union, has close ties with Russia, but Lukashenko has tried to serve as a bridge with the West by hosting Ukraine peace talks.
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Russia Marks WW II Victory With Huge Military Paradeby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Russia staged a massive military parade Saturday in Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day — the day in 1945 when Nazi troops laid down their arms, ending World War II.
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Russia's main World War II allies — the United States, Britain and France — for helping to defeat the Nazis.
This year's parade took place as Russia is embroiled in a standoff with Western countries over Ukraine because of Moscow's seizure of Crimea and allegations that President Putin is supporting a deadly separatist conflict.
Russia's ties with the West are at their lowest since the Cold War. Western leaders boycotted this year's parade, leaving the Kremlin's show of strength to be exhibited before about 20 leaders from countries that included China, Cuba and Zimbabwe, along with U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon.
On Friday, most of Europe and the U.S. celebrated the anniversary of the end of the war.
For the first time in 70 years, Ukraine marked the day ahead of Russia. Ukraine has accused Russia of exploiting the anniversary to display its military might.
In the U.S., a large array of vintage aircraft flew over Washington in honor of veterans in town for a ceremony at the World War II memorial.
In his weekly address, released early for the occasion, U.S. President Barack Obama paid tribute to those who served in the war, calling them "the generation that literally saved the world." Obama urged Americans today to rededicate themselves "to the freedoms for which they fought."
"Let’s make sure that we keep striving to fulfill our founding ideals —t hat we’re a country where no matter who we are or where we’re from or what we look like or who we love, if we work hard and take responsibility, every American will have the opportunity to make of our lives what we will," said Obama. "Let’s stand united with our allies, in Europe and beyond, on behalf of our common values — freedom, security, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law around the world — and against bigotry and hatred in all their forms so that we give meaning to that pledge: 'Never forget. Never again.'"
French President Francois Hollande also called for unity, describing VE Day as "the victory of an ideal over a totalitarian ideology."
In Paris — the scene of massive celebrations in 1945 after Germany surrendered — President Hollande placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry also took part in the ceremony.
In Britain, numerous remembrance ceremonies took place Friday, in addition to concerts and street parties meant to re-create the spirit of the celebrations 70 years ago.
Prime Minister David Cameron participated in the commemorations, while Queen Elizabeth will attend a VE thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on Sunday.
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Thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square, tanks rumbled through the streets and jets screamed overhead on Saturday in a huge military parade marking the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.
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