As Putin Marks His 72nd Birthday, the Two-Month Anniversary of Ukraine’s Invasion of Russia Is Being Played Down at Moscow
‘God Save the Tsar,’ one ally of the Russian president exclaims as attention is diverted from the embarrassment in Kursk.
Given a choice of anniversaries today, official Russia is playing up President Putin’s 72nd birthday and playing down the two-month anniversary of Ukraine’s invasion of Russia.
“God Save the Tsar,” ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin wrote on Telegram minutes after the stroke of midnight. He hailed Monday’s birthday of the man who has ruled Russia for nearly a quarter-century.
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