There were pop stars, fireworks and a passionate speech from Vladimir Putin as a crowd of 80,000 people packed Moscow’s vast Luzhniki stadium for a concert to celebrate the seventh anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea — and scarcely a mask in sight.
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The Sunday Times: Vladimir Putin sells a big lie
A t-shirt with an image of President Vladimir Putin is seen on sale among other items at a souvenir shop in Saint Petersburg on Jan. 29, 2020.
