2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War. Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Russia to attend the celebrations last week, and held his first face-to-face meeting with President Vladimir Putin this year. While reporting on these events in Moscow, our host spoke with experts and officials from different sectors of Russian society to see how Russians assess the war from 80 years ago, and also the important lessons we should remember today.