Russia’s “Great Victory” cult wasn’t built in 1945 — it was constructed in 1965
Russian propaganda presents May 9 as a sacred, unbroken tradition stretching back to 1945.
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Russians mark Putin’s 18th year in power by reprising Brezhnev-style anecdotes
Eighteen years ago, Vladimir Putin was named Russian prime minister putting him on course to become the ruler…
Putin elites want ‘Stalinism without Stalin’ and ‘repression with a human face,’ Rubtsov says
Russians do not, by their nature, “love Stalin,” Novaya gazeta commentator Aleksandr Rubtsov says; instead, they “are being…