Visiting a factory in Bashkortostan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s working class is “the leading political force” in the country, a remark that might be dismissed as no more than a politician’s desire to flatter his audience but that more likely reflects the increasing re-emergence of Soviet memes in the Kremlin leader’s thinking.
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Paul Goble: Putin calls working class ‘leading political force’
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via teleconference call, at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 25, 2021.
