may ninth has been used to galvanize patriotism. Puten's strategy is to channel that almost universal remembrance of tragedy and heroism into present day patriotism. 27 million soviet people died in world war too, to stop notty germany. I mes just an unbelievable sacrifice, how much the soviets gave up. It really is something that resonates in essentially every household.
For years, President Vladimir V. Putin has taken advantage of Victory Day — when Russians commemorate the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany — to champion his country’s military might and project himself as a leader of enormous power.
This year, he drew on the pageantry of May 9 for an even more pressing goal: making the case for the war in Ukraine.
Guest: Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times.
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