Moscow Will See Only One Leader of Post-Soviet States at May 9 Victory Parade

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will be the only CIS leader (Commonwealth of Independent States, formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union) to attend the 2026 Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9. Political commentator for Tsargrad and former state security minister of the DPR, Andrei Pinchuk, believes that participation in the Victory Day parade is not merely a ceremonial military event or a tribute to the past – it is also a demonstration of political positioning in the modern world. Participation as a Political Signal The absence of Central Asian leaders was deliberately softened through rhetoric suggesting that invitations were not broadly distributed.