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Putin suggests the United States is a threat to world security in Victory Day speech
People carry portraits of relatives who fought in World War II, with Russian and Soviet flags, during the Immortal Regiment march along the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, today
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin implied today that the US is a major threat to world security in his Victory Day speech in Moscow’s Red Square.
The event marks the anniversary of nazi Germany’s surrender to the Soviet forces in Berlin in 1945.
In his speech, Mr Putin said “pretensions to exceptionalism” — for which he regularly criticises the US — were a factor that drove fascist aggression.
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