"The
lessons of the past war urge us to be vigilant", the Russian president
stated during the military parade in Moscow.
MOSCOW, May 9. /TASS/. There is no force in the world that can conquer Russia, President Vladimir Putin said at the Victory Day parade on Red Square devoted to the 72nd anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II:
"There
is no force and there will be no force that could conquer our
people."
World War II could not be prevented due to the disintegration of peoples, the Russian president noted:
"This
horrible tragedy could not be prevented, first of all, due to the connivance at
the criminal ideology of racial supremacy, due to the disunity of the world’s
leading countries, which allowed Nazis to appropriate the right to decide the
destiny of other peoples, unleash the cruelest and the bloodiest war, enslave
and make almost all European countries serve their deadly goals."
Putin vows the Russian soldiers are ready for heroic deeds for the sake of their people and World War II veterans will never feel ashamed of them.
"We
feel a deep and strong kinship with the generation of heroes and victors. And I
will tell them the following: you will never feel ashamed of us! The Russian
soldier today, like in all the times, showed courage and heroism, and is ready
for any heroic deed, for any sacrifice for the sake of his Motherland and his
people," the Russian president said.
The Russian
Armed Forces are capable of repelling any aggression but consolidation of the
entire international community is needed to effectively fight terrorism and
other threats:
"The lessons of the past war urge us to be vigilant and the Russian Armed Forces are capable of repelling any potential aggression," the Russian leader said, stressing that "today life itself requires increasing our defense potential."
"But
consolidation of the entire international community is needed to effectively
fight terrorism, extremism, neo-Nazism and other threats," the Russian
leader said, adding that Russia was open for such cooperation.
