The 75th anniversary of the end of World War II was the only forthcoming event Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned in his New Year’s address to the nation. Creating an alternative to the dominant Western narrative about that war is key to Putin’s way of securing Russia’s place in the world.
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Leonid Bershidsky: Putin’s latest obsession
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual press conference in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2019.
