Newsweek reported a "big guest" from the U.S. at the Victory Parade in Moscow

The parade on Red Square in Moscow, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II, may be attended by a certain "big guest" from the United States. This was reported by the American edition of Newsweek on January 16.

According to its sources, Russia is allegedly expecting the arrival of a certain high-ranking American guest at the parade, but it is not yet known who exactly it will be. US President-elect Donald Trump himself would be a "fantastic" option, the publication wrote.

The magazine recalled that in 2020, the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow were visited by US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien. At the same time, Trump, who was then spending his first term as US president, wanted to come himself, but his advisers dissuaded him.

Earlier, on December 19, 2024, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia will invite to the Victory Day celebrations in 2025 representatives of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition - an association of states that fought against the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan and their allies) during World War II. By the time the fighting with Japan ended, the coalition included 54 countries, including the United States.

Before that, on December 12, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo, invited to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in World War II, called it his personal duty to visit Moscow on that festive day. In addition, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on December 14 that he had agreed with the head of the Slovak government to go to the Victory Parade in 2025.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 25 called to promote the victory over Nazism in 2025 as a common value for all mankind. At the same time, the head of state said that on May 9, 2025 he is waiting for the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries in Moscow