MOSCOW – When Vladimir Putin appears on the stage set up in the center of the packed Luzhniki Olympic Stadium in Moscow, the choirs rise: “Russia, Russia“.” Russia, Russia “. The president begins his speech by quoting the first lines of the Russian Constitution:” We, the multinational people of the Russian Federation, united by a common destiny on our land. “On March 18, the eighth anniversary of the Russian Federation. Russian annexation of Crimea falls three weeks after the launch of what the Kremlin leader insists on calling a “special military operation” even though it is costing Ukraine deaths, rubble and destruction.
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