On this historic day of all days, Vladimir Putin shies away from the carpet, which is his favorite stage. In order to understand how weak Russia’s president seems today, you have to be familiar with the staging that usually takes place here. Because few rituals are as central to the imagery of his reign as this one, the annual state of the nation address: a speaker declaims his name in a rising voice, young soldiers in historical uniforms tear open the golden doors – and then Putin walks the endless red train along, between dense rows of frenetically applauding dignitaries, shakes hands, laughs relaxed, hugs particularly deserving guests like Gerhard Schröder, bathes endless minutes in the love of the powerful.
But not on the day that is supposed to seal his alleged greatest success in the Ukraine war with the annexation of the Russian People’s Republics on the territory of Ukraine.
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