He announced this at a meeting on the parade.

“The central event of the anniversary will be a military parade on Red Square. This year it will be more ambitious than in the past and the year before last. Just for the reason that it is 75 years of Victory. Its duration will increase to one and a half hours, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

According to Shoigu, a large number of foreign delegations are expected to attend the parade.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Russia talked about the release of commemorative medals that will be received by the participants of the festive parade on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Victory on May 9 on Red Square in Moscow, Palace Square in St. Petersburg and other cities.