Russia’s Victory Day is Putin’s biggest liability
Mihaela Păun
Across more than two decades in power, President Vladimir Putin has worked to turn Russia’s historic World War II memorial event into a celebration of future military glory and global clout. But this year’s Victory Day jamboree only underscores his failure to deliver. The pared-back festivities on May 9 — commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany at the cost of an estimated 27 million Soviet lives — is the clearest sign yet that the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine is taking its toll. “It will be the
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