Every year on may ninth, russian commemorate their triumph over notsy germany and the 27 million of their countrymen who died to make that victory possible. To day, my colleague anton trainoski talks about how vladimer kuten is drawing on the memory of that time to make the case for his war in krane. This podcast is supported by hoolo's limited series conversations with friends. From the new york times best selling author and a word winning team behind the normal people adaptation. The series follows frances alongside her best friend and ex girl friend, bobby, as they become romantically entangled with an alluring older couple.
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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