The 70th anniversary of the victory over Germany in World War II has been increasingly viewed in Russia as an unprecedented event of historic and national scale. This view has been shaped by the sharp rise of patriotic sentiment caused by the Kremlin’s adventures in Ukraine and hysterical propaganda in the state media. According to independent Russia analyst Ezekiel Pfeifer, the tragedy of today’s patriotic campaign is that it relies on deceit and obscures the fact that Putin has failed to foster real achievements for Russians to take pride in. …read more
Source: Institute of Modern Russia