Ferdinand marcos was driven from office in 19 86 when millions of filippinos united to decry deadly abuses and rampant corruption. But his son, fer Ferdinand marcos junior, returned to the philippines with his mother in the early 19 nineties. His opponents fear that as president, mister marcos, who is now 64, will shield the departing leader rodrigo dterte, from prosecution.
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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