The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has assured that Russia will not allow the outbreak of a world conflict despite what it considers Western “revanchism.” This was stated this Thursday, during his speech on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany In the Second World War.

“Russia will do everything possible to avoid a global confrontation“Putin stated during the traditional military parade in Red Square, although he also warned that Russian strategic forces are “always” in combat readiness.

In a clear allusion to the United States and NATO, the Russian president has stressed that Moscow rejects the claims “of any country or alliance to exclusivity.” “We will not allow anyone to threaten us“, he warned, before ordering a minute of silence to be held for those who fell in the world war in which the Soviet Union lost more than 26 million people between 1941 and 1945, including civilians and soldiers.

Putin has also accused “Western elites” of betting on “revenge” and for justifying “the current followers of the Nazis”, which he considers part of a policy of instigating regional conflicts, hostility between peoples and religions, and the containment of new independent centers of development.

Likewise, the Russian leader has denounced the attempts by Western “colonialists” to “distort” the truth about the Second World War by dismantling monuments to Soviet soldiers and putting Hitler’s “traitors and accomplices” on a pedestal.

However, he has defended that Russia has never underestimated the importance of the role of the Western allies in the defeat of Nazism and has also recalled China’s fight against Japanese Imperialism. “We will never forget our common struggle and the inspiring traditions of alliance,” he stressed.

More than 9,000 soldiers participated in the military parade, which started, as is traditional, at 10:00 a.m., to which we must add some 70 combat teams. Among the soldiers who parade along the cobblestones of Red Square are those who have fought in Ukraine in what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation.” Also attending are leaders of six former Soviet republics, including Belarus and Kazakhstan; the Cuban leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel; and the leaders of Laos and Guinea Bissau.

To the take possession of the Presidency for a fifth six-year termThis week, Putin offered the West dialogue on security and strategic stability, but on Monday he ordered the Southern Military District to carry out maneuvers with tactical nuclear weapons in response to provocations and threats from the US and European powers. NATO has denied that it intends to deploy troops in Ukraine, a red line for the Kremlin, which in February 2022 launched the invasion of the neighboring country.