President of Venezuela pays tribute to the martyrs of the Great Patriotic War

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pays tribute to the martyrs of the Great Patriotic War on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism Day. teleSUR

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00:00Welcome to Tessera English.

00:04We go now to images from Russia as the Venezuelan president,

00:08Nicolás Maduro, is visiting and honoring the martyrs in the Second World War.

00:14We're looking at images at this moment from St. Petersburg

00:19as Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, continues its work agenda in Russia

00:25in the framework of his participation in the Victory Day,

00:30the 80th anniversary of Soviet victory against the Nazi regime.

00:37That happened in 1945.

00:40We've seen world leaders from across the continents come to Russia

00:44to take part on the celebrations that had its main point at the Victory Parade on May 9th.

00:51Now the world leaders, including Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro,

00:55continue their agenda, and in this case he is paying tribute to those who have fallen

01:03at the Second World War from the Soviet army fighting against the Nazi regime,

01:11a war that came to put an end to Second World War.

01:15That was the commemoration that took part.

01:20World leaders from across the world came to take part

01:23in that commemoration of the historic event,

01:2680 years from the victory of the Red Army over the Nazi regime.

01:33We are seeing images as the president visited the cemeterians in Petersburg,

01:39honoring those victims of the fallen soldiers.

01:44Let's recall that a lot of the agenda has had to do with putting in the forefront the discussion

01:53over the historical relevance regarding a day that changed the history of Europe,

02:01Asia, and the world in terms of putting an end to fascism,

02:05putting an end to the Nazi regime at that time,

02:08and also in a world context in which international solidarity plays a key role

02:14in a new international fight against fascism,

02:18with far-right groups rising at different points of the world,

02:22but also solidarity movements and international cooperation striving to put an end

02:29and also a stop to these movements across the world.

02:33We're looking at images, as we were saying, of President Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela,

02:41currently an official visit in Russia.

02:45Yesterday he took part in the main event of the celebration,

02:51that was the Victory Parade in Moscow.

02:54as he took part together with other world leaders.

03:01We've seen the arrival of leaders from all the continents to Russia.

03:07Latin American heads of state, not only the Venezuelan leader,

03:12but also from Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel from Brazil,

03:16Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva.

03:17Also from Asia, Chinese President Xi Jinping was one of the key appearances at this event

03:25and also showing the support and the international strength of this coalition

03:31that strives to put an end, a stop to fascism as it did in 1945.

03:39We'll listen to the images from St. Petersburg.

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06:20the Second World War and that also put an end to that world conflict and also helped

06:26shape the world as it came to be afterwards.

06:30We're looking at images from the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as he participates

06:38in this honoring of those victims.

06:42The whole week has been a celebration and also a commemoration of the lives of those

06:49who died at that moment and gave their lives for such an important historical event.

06:58One of the aspects that was underscored by the people, also by world leaders, had to do

07:04with the unity of the Soviet people at the then Soviet Union that participated, not only

07:13the Russian people, but also from the different nations that made up the Soviet Union at the

07:20time that fought hand in hand all together as part of that Red Army that finally had a victory

07:31over Nazism.

07:33So we're looking at that tribute at the moment with the laying of wrath at the cemetery.

07:45We were looking at these images that are from Russia as the official agenda continues in

07:52this participation.

07:56In this case, in St. Petersburg, we've been seeing the world leaders at Moscow yesterday

08:01at the main event, and in this case, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, accompanied by

08:07First Commander Cidia Flores, are now in St. Petersburg, former Leningrad, honoring

08:15those victims as part of the world commemorations.

08:25We continue to see the images of this moment from Russia.

08:31Let's recall that one of the most important aspects of this commemoration have to do with

08:41showing the international relevance of a historical event and also combating Western narratives that

08:50have tried to push aside the mere existence of May 9th, Russia's Victory Day, as a day that

09:00changed the curse and put an end to World War II.

09:05After that moment, we've been covering it here in Telesur English.

09:09After that moment, Western narratives have tried to impose a narrative of that historical event

09:20that underplayed the role of the Soviet Union in that victory that changed the course of the

09:31rise of fascism across Europe.

09:34Thank you very much.

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