[000:00:00;00] this year, only 51 units of equipment passed, this is almost three times less than last year and four times compared to 2021, according to the medusa edition, only three t-34 tanks, produced in the 50s of the last century, passed in front of the stands. such that there are no analogues in the world, although a few years ago one of its modifications stalled simply during a parade rehearsal, however, the russians were shown bmp light combat vehicles, iskander

and s400 missile complexes and three intercontinental ballistic missiles yars rockets, the passage of military equipment in the parade took less than 10 minutes. in previous years, the duration of the parades was about an hour and a half before the event . the spokesman of the president of the russian federation, dmytro piskov, said that there were no reductions in the parade program , but in general, the parade lasted about 45 minutes , taking into account the detour of the troops and the speech. vladimir putin, in which he called his country a victim of aggression, today civilization is once again at a decisive turning point against our motherland. donbass will ensure its security for us, for russia there are no unfriendly hostile nations , neither in the west nor in the east, we believe that any ideology of supremacy is by its nature disgustingly criminal and deadly

, and he explained the invasion of russian troops into ukraine in particular by the excessive ambitions of ukrainians and repeated the propaganda narrative about the coup d'état in 2014 the year of high measure and permissiveness inevitably turns into a tragedy. this is precisely the reason for the catastrophe that the ukrainian people are experiencing now. he became a hostage. of the coup d'état and the criminal regime of its western masters, it should be noted that this year five presidents of kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan , tajikistan, turkmenistan, and uzbekistan attended the parade until may 9 in moscow, the prime minister of armenia and oleksandr lukashenko tied the st. george's orange-black ribbon only the head of tajikistan, emamaliyrah mon. previously, moscow announced the strengthening of security measures before

the victory day parade. we will remind you that on the night of may 3rd, the kremlin was attacked by two max drones grabov radio svoboda so the leaders of the seven former soviet republics were today at the parade in moscow, which took place against the background of russian aggression against ukraine , what does their trip and presence at this parade mean, this is what we will discuss now . the political scientist, director of the institute of world politics, yevhen magda, joins us. good evening . greetings. good evening. in fact, it is difficult not to notice that at this parade in moscow , at first only the president of kyrgyzstan was expected, but in the end almost all of central asia went, all five presidents the armenian leader of the koshenians and lukashenko from belarus, what do you think this shows? well, we can talk about conspiracy theories about the fact that putin covered himself with the leaders of the post-soviet

countries and had a human shield. but i think that the factor that putin needed some interlocutors is present. just by myself. to celebrate the biggest holiday in the russian political calendar is somehow not solid. it does not correspond to the things about which they talk so actively and a lot. well, i understand putin’s motivation. and why is this for his guests? why did these five presidents from central asia and the prime minister of armenia go , after all, what are their goals? obviously, they want to get some preferences for this . obviously, they are at least primarily in the economic sphere, not in the political sphere. well, leaders countries of central asia feel confident enough in their mask , but you can't say the same about nikol koshenian , because now in armenia, the negotiation process with the azerbaijanis is continuing, in principle, slowly

, but it is getting closer to mutual official recognition and the signing of a peace treaty and koshenian. he obviously wants to enlist the support of putin on this path, because without a clear russian position, armenia will be quite difficult. well, of course, the visit of mr. lukashenko is also a separate page because he was obviously seriously ill and they talked about his illness. in the previous days, today it was difficult for him to overcome the path from red square to oleksandrivsky garden , that is, there are serious problems and this is also a factor that should worry us, because the border with belarus is significant, and any upheaval inside this

country should also be at the center for ukraine attention, but can you detail what is the threat to ukraine if it is lukashenko who will not be able to fulfill the de facto role of the leader , the de facto role of at least the head of the white movement? let's say there are certain discussions about who can replace lukashenka . well, he is still alive today, so we will not hurry to send him to a better world. it is not within our competence. that moscow would not mind replacing lukashenka with an even more pro-russian politician if it did not seem strange to many of our fellow citizens

. in whatever form we would like. he is certainly not a subject, but to say that he is gone, well , after all, i have a simple criterion: the belarusian troops did not take a direct part in the aggression against ukraine, and this indicates limited meager low but the subjectivity of lukashenka is clear let's go back to the tall guests at the parade victory in moscow here in particular we discussed the motivation of the never kitten and let's go back to the leaders of central asia that they went to moscow how can this be interpreted or is it a sign of support on the part of russia, these are the leaders in the war with ukraine. is it not that simple? there is another interesting fact. next week , the leaders of the countries of central asia will visit

beijing. in other words, they are, in principle, gathering to myself and i think that this is also a very revealing fact. i don't know how much china has conducted a kind of, well, let's say combat intelligence with the help of its central asian partners . but i think that russia should have no illusions about the fact that it has a stronger influence on the countries of central asia than china well, if we really talk about the role of china, in particular, the media note that xi jinping has not congratulated putin since may 9. do you think this also indicates something? i think you know, er, a belarusian analyst who lives in germany oleksandr friedman said today that

putin's speech was the most boring of all the speeches made on red square, and i think this is evidence that russia has a very serious genre crisis . management crisis and actually very serious problems inside the country are noticeable. well, we will actually talk about prigozhin's statement a little later in our material , i'll just say so that our viewers understand the context that really yevgeny prigozhin the head of the pvk group, wagner, said that the necessary amount of ammunition was not provided, that allegedly one of the units of the regular army ran away from the flank in bakhmut. the reaction from the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine, which condemned their presence there, as bilateral relations they still exist diplomatically with

these countries, they can change here if they can well, i don't think that it will lead to a break in diplomatic relations. i believe that it is more appropriate for ukraine to appoint a special representative from asia and focus on communication with the countries of central asia, with china, with the countries of southeast asia. it is obvious that this should be an experienced diplomat with considerable experience, or is he currently on the bench ukrainian mfa i think that you can search, but uh, it's just , well, react directly there by breaking diplomatic relations, i think this is not our method in the current situation, it's clear, let's also analyze what putin said a few times we have already cited his quotes, and in particular he said that they allegedly launched a war against russia, and not

russia attacked ukraine as a whole. you can evaluate today's messages from putin on red square, well, on the one hand, it's all belligerent delusion , you also understand what is actually happening in putin's words uh , we were attacked, but we are carrying out a special military operation, well, uh, you know , i get the impression that putin's speech demonstrated uh, the intellectual dystrophy