Welcoming war veterals from Russia, Israel, Armenia, Molgolia was  special honor for state leaders - Vladimir Putin 

ArmInfo. It was a special honor for all state leaders to welcome the main heroes of the Victory anniversary - veterans of the Second World War from Russia, Israel, Armenia, Mongolia - to the stands. This was stated by Russian  President Vladimir Putin during a statement for journalists.

He highly appreciated the visit to Moscow for the Victory Parade of  the leaders of several European countries: Serbia, Slovakia, Bosnia  and Herzegovina, "despite threats, blackmail and obstacles, including  the closure of airspace."

"It is important for us that millions of Europeans, leaders of  countries that pursue sovereign policies, remember this. This  instills in us optimism and hope that sooner or later, including  relying on the lessons of history, on the opinion of our peoples, we  will begin to move towards restoring constructive relations with the  countries of Europe. Including those that today still do not abandon  anti-Russian rhetoric and clearly aggressive actions against us. They  are still trying - we see this right now - to talk to us,  essentially, in a boorish manner and with the help of ultimatums,"  the Russian president said, TASS reports.