September 3, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground center, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center right, foreground, and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, center left, foreground, during a welcome ceremony for the guests who have arrived to see a parade in Beijing dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the end of WWII. Eight left, first row: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Sixth right, first row: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his son Nikolai.