British Prime Minister David Cameron declined Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to attend the May 9 military parade in Moscow on the occasion of victory in World War II, the British government announced today.
"It is not planned that the prime minister" will attend the ceremony, said an unnamed spokesman of the British government and added that Cameron's decision has to do with the Ukrainian crisis, without specifying other details.
The spokesperson did not rule out the possibility that Great Britain will be represented by another official.
The military parade on Red Square in Moscow will be held two days after the parliamentary elections in Great Britain, the result of which is uncertain according to the latest polls.
Putin's invitation has already been rejected by French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The German chancellor said yesterday that she would come to Moscow a day later, on May 10, and suggested to Putin that they lay a wreath together on the grave of the unknown hero.
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