Aircraft fly in formation over Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade, which marks the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, in Moscow, Russia, May 5, 2025. /Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit to Russia and the celebrations in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Xi's entourage includes Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and China's foreign minister.