On May 9, 2024, Vladimir Putin will attend a military parade to mark the 79th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.
Guests of honour at the parade will be President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Thongloun Sisoulith, and President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo.
Together with Vladimir Putin, the leaders will also take part in a flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
In the afternoon, bilateral Russian-Cuban, Russian-Lao and Russian-Bissau-Guinean high-level talks will take place.