Decoding Putin
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This year’s Russia Day celebration in Moscow had a distinctively different feel to it. Gone was the traditional grand concert on Red Square, presumably because the last time Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to hold an event there, he had to get permission from Ukraine first. This year, the immovable dictator held a series of stage-managed events inside the Kremlin itself, one of which was a square/round table meeting with approximately 20 military figures in fatigues bearing medals for
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