How Putin Co-opted Russia’s Biggest Holiday

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🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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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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0:44.8	Every year on May 9, Russians commemorate their triumph over Nazi Germany and the 27 million
0:53.3	of their countrymen who died to make that victory possible.
0:58.1	Today, my colleague Anton Trinowski on Howe Vladimir Putin is drawing on the memory of
1:06.0	that time to make the case for his war in Ukraine.
1:16.6	This Tuesday may 10th.
1:26.0	Anton, you and lots of our colleagues have been running around reporting and writing stories
1:32.4	about what's happening in Moscow.
1:36.2	And you know, from the outside, it's really just a national holiday and a parade.
1:42.5	So what were you watching?
1:44.3	I was watching a parade.
1:49.0	So May 9 is Russia's most important secular holiday.
1:56.1	It's the day that commemorates the Soviet's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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