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Russia hosted two dozen foreign leaders for a Victory Day parade that showcased Moscow’s growing global acceptance, despite its invasion of Ukraine.
The leaders of Brazil, China, Indonesia, and several ex-Soviet republics took part, transforming an event that had in previous years underscored Moscow’s relative isolation into a “propaganda exercise” for Russian President Vladimir Putin, CNN said.
A separate meeting, meanwhile, pointed to the wider international battle over the legacy of World War II: Fifteen EU foreign ministers and the bloc’s diplomatic chief visited Lviv in Ukraine, seeking to establish a tribunal to prosecute Kremlin leaders over the war.
“In Moscow, they’re trying to resurrect an empire,” Politico wrote. “In Lviv, they’re trying to resurrect the international order.”